Detention Officer

*Company Overview*LaSalle Corrections is a leading developer and operator of correctional centers across Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia. Since 1997, we have been committed to providing comprehensive solutions to law enforcement agencies, including facility design, construction, operations management, and a wide range of inmate services focused on security, education, rehabilitation, and healthcare._*Job Summary:*_Maintains custody, care, and control of non-citizens. Monitors non-citizens activities and enforces security department’s policies and procedures._*Essential Duties and Responsibilities:*_* Supervises non-citizens in living areas and recreational activities. Supervises non-citizens and visitors in visitation areas.* Serves as control center officer, coordinates and monitors non-citizen movements, conducts counts, and provides emergency response.* Serves as mailroom, field tower, medical security, perimeter security, and/or gate officer as required.* Provides security in treatment activities and supervises labor crews in the kitchen and other specialized areas.* Ensures prompt and appropriate assistance to non-citizens in the event of injury, illness, and emotional trauma.* Prepares reports and maintains daily logs as required.* Initiates disciplinary reports.* Conduct shakedown for contraband materials, either individually or as part of a specialized team.* Promotes facility cleanliness and reports need for maintenance and/or repairs.* Serves as a member of special teams to respond.* Successful completion of training courses and on-the-job training as required by facility training standards.* Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed._*Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities: *_* Must be representative of worthwhile qualities to which a non-citizen can identify* Must be emotionally stable, understanding, and philosophically attuned to the objective of the facility.* Language skills and reasoning ability are crucial to success in this position.* Interacts daily with non-citizens and staff members while providing security for the facility._*Education and Experience:*_* High school diploma or equivalent* Experience in correctional setting is highly desirable_*Physical Requirements: *_The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer.* Long periods of continuous standing and walking per shift.* Frequent periods of sitting per shift.* Repetitive climbing of stairs to reach the assigned areas and working at heights.* Occasional kneeling, squatting, and bending to perform “pat” or “strip” searches.* Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting.* Occasionally responding to altercations and occasional restraining and securing assaultive offenders.* Ability to respond rapidly to potential security and/or medical codes/issues.* Frequent transferrers and transporting non-citizens by walking or riding in various vehicles such as vans, buses, and other forms of transportation.* Continuous periods of operating/driving company vehicles to pick up and transport non-citizens per shift.* Remaining awake and alert while on duty per shift.* Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50-100 lbs.* Ability to occasionally withstand direct or indirect exposure to OC spray.* Ability to hear and understand verbal communication.*JOB DESCRIPTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/CERTIFICATION: *I certify that I can perform the essential function of the position with or without reasonable accommodation(s). Please use this sheet of paper to list accommodation requests. My signature certifies my understanding of the requirements, essential functions and suits of the position.Job Type: Full-timePay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hourBenefits:* Dental insurance* Health insurance* Life insurance* Paid time off* Retirement plan* Vision insuranceShift availability:* Day Shift (Preferred)* Night Shift (Preferred)Ability to Commute:* Angola, LA 70712 (Required)Ability to Relocate:* Angola, LA 70712: Relocate before starting work (Required)Work Location: In person

Created: 2025-08-12