About This Role
This role involves ensuring the custody and safekeeping of all prisoners in a sanitary, humane, and orderly manner, while upholding their rights and privileges. The officer monitors inmate behavior, maintains facility order, and reports rule infractions to supervisors.
Responsibilities
- Observe inmate behavior, looking for signs of potential problems
- Patrol areas of the prison
- Supervise inmate movement throughout the facility, including inmate workers
- Maintain order in the facility, detect and prevent disturbances
- Enforce rules and regulations of the facility
- Inspect facility for cleanliness, contraband, and implements of escape
- Prepare reports of incidents and other required reports
- Conduct appropriate searches of inmates and living areas
- Direct and admit visitors, including recording of visits and implementation of rules and restrictions on visitors
- Monitor church services and pastoral visits
- Work effectively with other correctional staff, including all departments and contracted service providers or vendors
- Regulate ingress and egress from cells, cellblocks, and housing units
- Attend required training
- Respond as directed by other proper authorities in the event of an emergency
- Effectively communicate rules and responsibilities to inmates
- Inspect and distribute mail
- Provide back-up security efforts to other corrections officers as needed
- Assist in commitments and releases of inmates
- Demonstrate proficiency in the use and care of firearms
- Perform other duties as required to ensure smooth operation of the institution
Requirements
- High School Diploma
- Pennsylvania Driver
- Pass physical examination
- Pass criminal background check
- Must be at least 21 years of age at time of application
- Ability to react quickly in emergency situations
- Ability to work without supervision
- Ability to make decisions
- Ability to work with others
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to observe changes in inmate personality, demeanor, attitude, and degree of program participation and to identify unusual or suspicious behaviors
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to communicate effectively orally
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing
About the Company
Located in south-central Pennsylvania, York County Government offers many exciting and challenging opportunities to learn and grow in a career while making a difference in the lives of York County residents. Each County department meets a unique need in the community and provides an opportunity for both professional growth and personal satisfaction.
