About This Role
This role involves serving as an adjudicator at facility resident disciplinary hearings for major infractions and violations of Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) and facility rules. The Hearing Officer reviews incident reports, conducts hearings, applies sanctions, and submits recommendations to the FBOP Disciplinary Hearing Officer (DHO), acting as an intermediary between residents, the facility, and the DHO.
Responsibilities
- Review incident reports and schedule resident disciplinary hearings within the timeframe
- Review facts to determine guilt or innocence of charges with one or more infractions and apply appropriate penalties based on evidence and testimony presented in accordance with FBOP and other applicable rules, regulations, and guidelines
- Advise the facility on relating errors observed with incident reports and investigation documents
- Ensure residents are provided with due process as required by FBOP guidelines
- Maintain records of hearings and applicable evidence for appeal
- Conduct incident report investigation training for security and management staff
- Familiarize with FBOP Statement of Work (SOW) and FBOP disciplinary process
- Assist in conducting internal audits to ensure compliance with FBOP/ACA requirements
- Perform other related duties
Requirements
- High school/GED required
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience counseling or supervising adult inmates in a correctional setting or one (1) year managing inmates directly as a probation field officer
- Working knowledge and purpose of FBOP disciplinary hearing procedures, activities, and responsibilities of a hearing officer, including the ability to analyze facts and testimony and reach sound, reasonable conclusions, understand resident base files and pertinent facts from case records, and present clear and concise recommendations in writing to the DHO
- Ability to understand and apply residents' rights, applicable law, appeal rights, and hearing proceedings
- Ability to interpret and apply FBOP and facility rules, as well as the grievance process, make independent, fair, and impartial application of judgments under stressful conditions, and understand due process and its significance in the disciplinary process
- Experience handling facility and inmate disciplinary procedures, investigation, hearing, and compliance guidelines
- Excellent display of knowledge of trends in corrections and rehabilitation of criminal offenders
- Experience applying standard inmate progressive sanction assessment
- Experience conducting investigations and evidential hearings in a correctional setting, court, or probation hearing
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with the person served population, be self-motivated, and able to motivate others
