Juvenile Correctional Officer

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Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401 United States  View Map
Posted: Jun 07, 2026
  • Full Time
  • CORRECTIONS
  • Public Safety
  • Summary

    Job Posting

    Manages inmates in the Brown County Juvenile Detention Center, as well as assists the Brown County Jail with duties assigned. Assume responsibility for the safety, needs of staff, and prisoners during incarceration by performing the following duties…

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.

    Possess sufficient dexterity to manipulate keys and keyboards, operate levers and buttons, manually operate heavy doors and count, collect and inventory small items.

    Read and comprehend legal and non-legal documents, including the processing of such documents as medical instructions, commitment orders, summons, warrants, and other legal writs.

    Exercises independent judgment in determining the appropriate classification of inmates and assessing and responding to the needs of special populations.

    Engage in functions in confined areas that include such things as preparing and serving food.

    Process and release inmates to include taking their photographs and fingerprints, as well as operating the office computers and teletype systems.

    Schedule visits of inmates for medical treatment.

    Perform intake center functions.

    Performs searches of people, mail items, objects capable of concealing contraband, buildings, and large outdoor area which may involve feeling and detecting objects, walking for long periods of time, and detaining people.

    Conducts visual and audio surveillance both within and outside the perimeter of the detention center for extended periods of time.

    Inspects facilities for cleanliness and ensures that the areas are kept clean to the detention center standards.

    Prepares reports concerning inmate population and detention center functions as required by law.

    Reports daily to the Sergeants on detention center activity.

    Prepares requisitions for commissary, clothing, and housekeeping supplies.

    Effectively confine an inmate, by force if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints.

    Be able to break up fights and commotions using minimal force.

    Pursue fleeing inmates and perform rescue procedures and other duties which may involve quickly entering and exiting secured areas, lifting, carrying, and dragging heavy objects; climbing through openings, jumping over obstacles, crawling in confined areas, and using body force to gain entrance.

    Prepare investigative and other reports, including sketches and using appropriate grammar, symbols, and mathematical computations.

    Detect and collect evidence and substances that provide the basis of criminal offenses or administrative violations.

    Tolerate verbal and mental abuse when met with the hostile views and opinions of inmates and other people encountered in a hostile environment.

    Perform rescue functions at accidents, emergencies, and disasters to include standing for long periods of time, administering basic emergency medical aid, lifting, dragging, and carrying people away from dangerous situations, and securing and evacuating people from confined areas.

    Health

    Dental

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    Life

    Retirement

  • Job Description

    Job Posting

    Manages inmates in the Brown County Juvenile Detention Center, as well as assists the Brown County Jail with duties assigned. Assume responsibility for the safety, needs of staff, and prisoners during incarceration by performing the following duties…

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.

    Possess sufficient dexterity to manipulate keys and keyboards, operate levers and buttons, manually operate heavy doors and count, collect and inventory small items.

    Read and comprehend legal and non-legal documents, including the processing of such documents as medical instructions, commitment orders, summons, warrants, and other legal writs.

    Exercises independent judgment in determining the appropriate classification of inmates and assessing and responding to the needs of special populations.

    Engage in functions in confined areas that include such things as preparing and serving food.

    Process and release inmates to include taking their photographs and fingerprints, as well as operating the office computers and teletype systems.

    Schedule visits of inmates for medical treatment.

    Perform intake center functions.

    Performs searches of people, mail items, objects capable of concealing contraband, buildings, and large outdoor area which may involve feeling and detecting objects, walking for long periods of time, and detaining people.

    Conducts visual and audio surveillance both within and outside the perimeter of the detention center for extended periods of time.

    Inspects facilities for cleanliness and ensures that the areas are kept clean to the detention center standards.

    Prepares reports concerning inmate population and detention center functions as required by law.

    Reports daily to the Sergeants on detention center activity.

    Prepares requisitions for commissary, clothing, and housekeeping supplies.

    Effectively confine an inmate, by force if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints.

    Be able to break up fights and commotions using minimal force.

    Pursue fleeing inmates and perform rescue procedures and other duties which may involve quickly entering and exiting secured areas, lifting, carrying, and dragging heavy objects; climbing through openings, jumping over obstacles, crawling in confined areas, and using body force to gain entrance.

    Prepare investigative and other reports, including sketches and using appropriate grammar, symbols, and mathematical computations.

    Detect and collect evidence and substances that provide the basis of criminal offenses or administrative violations.

    Tolerate verbal and mental abuse when met with the hostile views and opinions of inmates and other people encountered in a hostile environment.

    Perform rescue functions at accidents, emergencies, and disasters to include standing for long periods of time, administering basic emergency medical aid, lifting, dragging, and carrying people away from dangerous situations, and securing and evacuating people from confined areas.

    Health

    Dental

    Vision

    Life

    Retirement

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