Correctional Corporal resume example

• My duties as a Correction Officer are as follows:.
• Offender supervision; typical responsibilities, supervises inmates in a defined work, living, and recreation situation; defines work duties for inmates and evaluates their performance; counsels inmates regarding problems, institution programs, and behavior standards; writes recommendations for inmate custody and for work, training, or parole actions; monitors inmate movements to various areas and facilities; writes inmate work and training reports.
• Security and protection.
• Typical responsibilities, conducts searches to seize dangerous items, evidence, and controlled or unauthorized substances; assists in conducting investigations as the on-scene officer to include interviewing witnesses, protecting evidence, and writing incident reports; testifies at hearings or in court; persuades inmates to cease inappropriate behavior; restrains inmates by force or by using special tactics; receives training in first aid and firefighting techniques; operates locking and communications equipment; dispenses and oversees use of clothing, bedding, personal supplies, and work and recreation equipment; takes emergency actions and uses weapons and riot-control devices in emergency situations such as fires, riots, escapes, fights, and other incidents; patrols defined areas.
• Risk reduction.
• Actively participates in offender accountability and readiness for change; may assist in-group facilitation.

• My Duties as a Correction Officer is as follows:.
• Inmate Control.
• Typical tasks: controls, directs, and monitors activity and movement of inmates within a specified area to ensure security and safety (e.g., line movements, showers, recreation or game room, dining area, housing units, segregation and/or special management units); stays alert to possible assaults, contraband, injuries, illness and escape attempts; defines work tasks for inmates; coordinates, directs, and instructs inmate work crews and evaluates inmate work; monitors and controls inmates during transport to work assignments, classes, medical appointments, and court hearings; intervenes in and controls acts of negative behavior and violence; in circumstances of a serious disturbance, uses physical force such as restraints, firearms, chemical agents, or other devices as required.
• Security and Searches.
• Typical tasks: conducts visual surveillance of security perimeter and monitors vehicle and foot traffic entering and leaving facility; searches and inspects vehicles entering and leaving grounds; visually identifies and admits authorized inmates, volunteers, staff, and visitors into the institution; operates metal detector, x-ray machine, and/or hand scanner to inspect persons and their authorized articles before admission to the institution; drives mobile patrol vehicle and operates electronic perimeter security equipment, in response to alarms signaling possible breach of security; observes inmates and visitors from towers to detect abnormal or suspicious activity; conducts surveillance of persons visiting inmates to detect inappropriate or illegal behavior; performs random and specific frisk and strip searches and security inspections of inmates; searches holding cells, buildings, areas, supplies, and inmates' personal property for weapons and contraband; monitors electronic surveillance equipment (e.g., photosensitive perimeter systems, metal detectors, hand scanners, camera surveillance equipment, x-ray machines); examines incoming and outgoing mail for contraband; inspects keys and locks for damage; checks windows, bars, doors, gates, fences, walls, ceilings, etc., for damage or possible breaches of security; operates manual, electric, and/or pneumatic locking devices.
• Communications: Typical tasks: completes inmate movement sheets to show current location of inmates; writes memos, incident or disciplinary reports detailing incorrect inmate behavior; maintains and updates listing of inmates, visitors and staff; takes periodic count of inmates in assigned area, reconciling or reporting discrepancies; operates communications equipment (e.g., two-way radio, telephone switchboard and public address equipment); uses a paging system to communicate with other units or to call inmates; identifies and questions inmates and visitors seeking access to areas of the facility; answers questions of inmates and visitors concerning rules, regulations, and procedures of the facility.

My duties as a Correction Officer are as follows:.

Offender supervision; typical responsibilities, supervises inmates in a defined work, living, and recreation situation; defines work duties for inmates and evaluates their performance; counsels inmates regarding problems, institution programs, and behavior standards; writes recommendations for inmate custody and for work, training, or parole actions; monitors inmate movements to various areas and facilities; writes inmate work and training reports.

Security and protection.

Typical responsibilities, conducts searches to seize dangerous items, evidence, and controlled or unauthorized substances; assists in conducting investigations as the on-scene officer to include interviewing witnesses, protecting evidence, and writing incident reports; testifies at hearings or in court; persuades inmates to cease inappropriate behavior; restrains inmates by force or by using special tactics; receives training in first aid and firefighting techniques; operates locking and communications equipment; dispenses and oversees use of clothing, bedding, personal supplies, and work and recreation equipment; takes emergency actions and uses weapons and riot-control devices in emergency situations such as fires, riots, escapes, fights, and other incidents; patrols defined areas.

Risk reduction.

Actively participates in offender accountability and readiness for change; may assist in-group facilitation.