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Public Safety & Corrections
Corrections Services
LOUISIANA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN
Baker LA
THIS POSITION WILL BE FILLED AS A PROBATIONAL APPOINTMENT
or PROMOTION OF A PERMANENT CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF
LOUISIANA STATE GOVERNMENT (State Employee)
This position may be filled as:
Why work for DOC
SALARY DEPENDS ON LEVEL EXPERIENCE
AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:
Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.
MakingAccurateJudgments: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.
ThinkingCritically: The ability to generate ideas manipulate ideas and make unconventional connections to develop original approaches.
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The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any nonmerit factor including disability.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Dave Besse
Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women
Human Resources Department
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Three years of experience in offender records analysis offender classification offender preclassification security or social services or as a probation or parole officer; OR
Six years of fulltime work experience in any field; OR
A bachelors degree.
EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of fulltime work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
Function of Work:
To perform diversified and technical tasks involved in the classification and maintenance of records management programs involving initial time computation and recomputation on DPS&C commitments in accordance with state and federal laws and departmental regulations.
Level of Work:
Entry.
Supervision Received:
Direct from a higherlevel supervisor or manager.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
Department of Public Safety and Corrections Corrections ServicesAdult.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from the Corrections ARDC Specialist 2 by the presence of entrylevel duties under close supervision and guidance.
Differs from a Corrections Classification Officer and Corrections Records Analyst series by the presence of acquiring the knowledge and skills for both classifying adult inmates and sentence computation.
Ensures that various aspects of inmate incarceration related to public safety rehabilitation and inmate welfare are met for inmates from the time of preliminary classification in local facilities through the reception process and subsequent assignment to permanent housing facilities or until discharge from the local facilities.
Coordinates with the sheriffs offices clerks of court parish jail administrators district attorneys and judges on various issues related to all new commitments to DPS&C.
Reviews new commitments to ensure compliance with statutory legal and department requirements; i.e. valid hard labor sentences sex offender identification and tracking multiple offender restrictions and victim notification.
Screens new commitments to identify candidates for the intensive incarceration program special treatment programs or for imminent or immediate releases.
Extracts pertinent information from court minutes bills of information state police rap sheets presentence investigations and other documents necessary to draft a chronological history of incarceration.
Performs indepth research on individual criminal records.
Contacts sheriffs clerks of court probation personnel (in and out of state) and judges to secure and verify information relevant to time computation.
Performs duties of initial time computation and recomputing inmate sentences.
Functions as the Quality Control analyst to ensure data in the physical record matches automated data base system of CAJUN 2 (Corrections and Justice Unified Network) which is a system used by state federal state police and social services agencies. Inputs data as necessary.
Researches inmate records to determine eligibility for work release minimum security programs or furloughs from an institution with special treatment units or to determine eligibility for work release and furloughs in response to recommendations from administrators of local facilities.
Coordinates with state and federal officials and their respective correctional institutions on various correctional matters concerning inmate custody release information filing detainers or transfers to and from other jurisdictions.
Responds to telephone inquiries from various public officials general public attorneys and judges and local detention facilities personnel regarding correctional policies and procedures that relate to state inmates housed in local facilities.
Coordinates with local facilities and work release centers on the transfers of inmates deemed inappropriate to remain at the center.
Explains the time computation to inmates attorneys families or other authorized individuals.
Participates in disciplinary courts as assigned.
Monitors and reviews files to ensure timely processing of releases of all DPS&C commitments housed in parish prisons community centers and work release programs. Issues release certificates forms and other related documents.
Interviews inmates upon intake into the reception center.
Recommends appropriate institutional assignments based on evaluation of interview information and current and prior record to ensure public safety needs are met.
Counsels inmates to help them adjust to prison life and assists inmates with personal and family problems.
Makes recommendations to and serves as a member of various prison boards to ensure that inmates are assigned to jobs and schools with special consideration being given to inmates assigned to chronic medical and mental health units.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Full Time