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Ripley County Sheriff`s Department Jail Officer in Versailles, Indiana
Beginning salary is $39,444 a year. This position is a 4 day work week ( two 12 hour shifts, two 8 hour shifts.) with every other weekend off. Applications for this position are available at the Ripley County Sheriffs Office which is located in the Annex Building at 102 W. First N. Street, Versailles, Indiana 47042, second floor on the left.
Requirements - ability to meet all county hiring requirements
- high school diploma or GED,
- Completion of ILEA for correctional officers,
- must be 18 years, and
- must possess a valid drivers license.
Preferred skills
- good judgement,
- physical strength,
- interpersonal skills.
Roles and Responsibilities are as follows;
- Maintains interior security of jail, including monitoring door controls, continually monitoring location of jail officers on floor duty. Monitor inmate activities, conduction patrols, locking/unlocking external security doors and cells.
- Performing bookings of inmates including photographing, fingerprinting, entering required information into the computer, completing required forms and intake reports, and conducting inmate searches for weapons and contraband.
- Oversees inmates in allowable activities, such as phone calls, counsel, and visitations.
- Transports and or escorts inmates to various locations, such as court, DOC, medical facilities/ hospitals.
- Maintain jail logs, incident reports, daily activity reports, booking/releasing records.
- Fingerprints general public for background checks.
- Attends seminars and in service training as required.
- Ensures compliance with jail rules and regulations, including recording and reporting inappropriate behavior to appropriate department personnel and taking necessary action to correct any problems that arise.
- Properly secures and/or physically restrains violent and uncontrollable inmates as situations demand.