About This Role
This Corrections Officer position with the Renville County Sheriff’s Office involves direct interaction and management of inmates, maintaining a secure jail environment, and ensuring compliance with established rules and regulations. The role requires independent judgment, adherence to policy, and the ability to handle day-to-day functions and emergency situations, including potential physical interactions and exposure to unsanitary conditions or infectious diseases. The Renville County Jail operates with a unique philosophy, advocating for inmates by implementing the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study and Trauma Informed Corrections to understand past causes of behavior and promote rehabilitation.
Responsibilities
- Understand and implement ACE operations and practice Trauma Informed Corrections
- Know differing booking processes for new arrests, warrant arrests, sentenced, boarder inmates, and juveniles
- Read and understand judicial orders for jail sentences
- Read and understand the components of a Release Order
- Understand basic paperwork for federally boarded inmates and answer questions regarding their kite, grievance, and appeals processes
- Execute proper levels of inmate searches for safety and security of the jail
- Operate fingerprint machine for criminal and civil prints acceptable for BCA and FBI standards
- Notify court, prosecuting attorneys, and probation of new arrests
- Understand the 36/48-hour rule for arrests to ensure constitutional rights are not violated
- Assist new arrests with required court paperwork
- Assist arresting officers with sick, violent, or under the influence individuals
- Create and maintain a confidential office environment, utilizing tact, courtesy, and good judgment
- Collect U/A’s, PBT, and Drug Sweat patches
- Know data privacy issues and information that can and cannot be released to outside agencies
- Operate inmate phone system
- Monitor incoming and outgoing inmate mail
- Operate language line to assist with non-English speaking inmates
- Supervise inmates with mandatory 30-minute cell/pod well-being checks, formal counts, and 15-minute well-being checks for special management inmates
- Talk to inmates who are struggling emotionally to avoid inmate issues
- Conduct daily cell searches for contraband
- Supervise inmate cleaning
- Prepare reports of inmate violations and enforce inmate discipline when necessary
- Know and use restraint chair when necessary
- Properly and necessarily use force to ensure safety and security of staff and inmates
- Ensure the continued maintenance of safety equipment such as Tasers, hand-cuffs, leg irons, radios, Stun Cuff’s, and restraint chair
- Deliver medication, including set up and proper documentation
- Respond to inmate medical problem emergencies and notify physician after direction from medical protocol
- Know medical protocols from Contracted Medical Provider and when to use them
- Properly intake and document medication from incoming inmates or pharmacies
- Understand when an inmate meets mental health criteria and needs to be referred to a jail psychologist
- Work with those in mental health crisis, including states of psychosis and violence
- Work with those on suicide watch with enhanced watch protocols
- Care for sick inmates, sometimes being exposed to those with infectious diseases
- Release and receive work release inmates
- Intake and document all money transactions for inmates
- Transport inmates to court
- Transport arrestees to or from other facilities on warrants, WRITS, or medical appointments, including medical emergencies
- Appropriately answer electronic requests from inmates
- Effectively communicate with other counties, probation, attorneys, court, Human Services, Public Health, and Police Departments
- Understand Release Orders, Sentencing Orders, and warrants
- Attend seminars, training, and conferences relating to specific job duties, as required by Statute, Department of Corrects Standards, and MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) or at the direction of the Sheriff or Jail Administrator
- Prioritize tasks by matter of importance and remain calm in all situations
- Write detailed reports that can be used for victim safety, prosecution, or internal jail discipline
- Provide effective testimony in a court of law
Requirements
- Two years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Valid Driver’s license
Important Details
- Application deadline: 29 October 2026
Application Process
- First round interviews will be held via technology on 5 November 2026 in the afternoon
- Second round interviews will be held in person on 13 November 2026 in the afternoon for those selected
About the Company
This position is with the Renville County Sheriff’s Office.
