Correctional Corporal Employment Register (2) MCC
Job Class Code: 5206
Grade: 18
Salary: $23.95/hr to $31.27/hr
$1.00/hour Direct Care Stipend
Open: May 16, 2025
Close: May 30, 2025
MDOC is destigmatizing corrections for the betterment of all Maine communities. Through the ‘Maine Model of Corrections’, we promote the safety of our staff and residents while reducing barriers to meaningful rehabilitative opportunities. We facilitate restorative justice practices that equip justice-involved residents and clients with the skills they need to become contributing members of society upon release, including treatment, education, and job training.
We are committed to rebuilding lives and are searching for great team players, with a professional attitude and well-developed integrity and ethics, to join us in this mission.
The Bureau of Human Resources is accepting applications from current Department of Corrections employees to establish an employment register that will fill a vacancy at Maine Correctional Center, Windham
This position conducts investigative and protective services work involving the custody, security, discipline, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons committed to an adult correctional facility. As a Correctional Corporal, your responsibilities entail developing and gathering intelligence information concerning resident involvement in gangs, strong-arming, and other activities that pose a risk to the facility. Other work includes performing investigations authorized by pre service law enforcement credentials, which may involve properly searching and seizing evidence, issuing summons and/or search warrants, or arresting civilians outside a correctional facility. This position has a 42.5 hours/week standard work week.
REPRESENTATIVE TASKS: (A position may not be assigned all the duties listed, nor do the listed examples include all the duties that may be assigned).
Develops strategies in order to prevent introduction of contraband.
Runs and evaluates drills in order to test security practices and procedures.
Gathers intelligence and identifies resident violations of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, directives, and/or professional practices in order to gather evidence.
Intervenes in and controls acts of negative behavior and violence using physical force, restraints, firearms, chemical weapons, and other methods in order to ensure and maintain order and security.
Conducts regular searches within the prison population in order to identify contraband and other risks to the facility.
Coordinates with applicable staff in order to ensure required urinalysis and/or DNA testing is completed.
Stays current in gang identification and threat groups in order to track activities and threats to the facility and department.
Conducts interviews of suspected enemies in order to determine if threats exist and provide recommendations on the outcome, e.g., resident to resident conflicts.
Interacts with resident populations in order to establish a rapport and to promote trust and open dialogue.
Interview suspects and witnesses (within a correctional facility or outside in the community) in order to obtain evidence or establish facts.
Preserves continuity of evidence in order to allow its use in fact-finding and/or prosecution.
Conducts investigations of alleged criminal violations in order to gather evidence and assist in the prosecution of criminals.
Assists in establishing and maintaining an intelligence program in order to gather, maintain, and coordinate information about inmate affiliation with activities that pose a risk to the facility.
Uses specialized investigative equipment such as computers, recorders, telephone monitoring systems, fingerprint equipment, and video monitoring systems in order to record evidence and document conduct of inmates, visitors, and/or civilians in the community.
Uses non-deadly and/or deadly force (firearm) when authorized by Statute.
Serves legal documents to prisoners, offenders, and/or civilians in order to assist in the prosecution of alleged violations and ensure compliance with applicable laws.
Prepares and submits reports in order to provide information and documentation.
Assists as directed in coordinating investigations involving other facilities and/or agencies in order to ensure investigations are completed effectively and efficiently.
Trains correctional staff in order to provide current information involving procedures, mandates, and pertinent changes.
Testifies in criminal cases and provides relevant facts in order to provide information and assist in the prosecution of cases.
Observes, monitors, controls, and evaluates the activity and movement of prisoners within a specified area in order to ensure observance of institutional rules and to ensure security and safety.
Communicates behavioral observations to treatment teams and makes recommendations relative to job placement at facilities and corrective actions in order to participate in treatment strategy development and implementation.
Develops and submits operational risk management plans and intelligence reports related to external investigation activities in order to document actions, identify risks, and obtain approval.