Correctional Officer

Positions are located with the BIA, District 5 Corrections in: Hardin, MT, Busby, MT and Lame Deer, MT. The Office of Justice Services within the BIA is searching for individuals to serve as Correctional Officers to provide detention services.

This position is being advertised concurrently with ST CAWV-RH.Applicants who wish to be considered for both vacancies need to submit a separate application for each announcement.

• Enforce standard rules and regulations governing the operations of the detention facilities and programs, confinement, safety, health, and protection of criminal offenders.
• Provide preliminary interviews for physical and mental health with classification assessments.
• Provide criminal offenders with an orientation into the facility's rules and operating procedures through the Inmate Handbook.
• Assist in coordinating offender services, activities, and programs.
• Observe and supervise offender movement, conduct welfare checks and physical counts of inmates, maintain discipline and prevent the introduction of contraband in the facility and complete proper documentation.
• Instruct offenders in housekeeping, sanitation and proper use/care of tools and equipment used in sanitation and in the proper use/care of tools and equipment used in performing unskilled or semi-skilled work inside or outside of the facility.
• Assist in the management of inmate behavior of offenders in need of supervision.
• Transport to court, medical and other facilities and provide close supervision of the offender throughout the transport.
• Implement all safety aspects of facility emergency management plans to include fire and emergency evacuations.
• Provide for vehicle safety and security by providing defined offender supervision, searches, transportation, classification, and counts, along with maintaining fire safety, key control, perimeter security, and compliance with offender rules.
• Ensure that offenders are released from the facility according to established regulations and operational descriptions.
• Complete facility observation on maintenance that is needed by reporting and documenting to the supervisor that a repair is needed.