COMMITMENT RECORDS SPECIALIST I

MD; Town of Vermont (WI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

Pension

Paid time off

Job summary

Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is seeking a skilled employee to review, verify, and interpret information to determine inmate sentence calculations in accordance with state laws and department policies.

The role involves maintaining commitment records, adjusting time credits, researching applicable procedures, and communicating release dates to judges, attorneys, and families.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• One year of experience in reviewing, verifying and interpreting information for compliance with laws, regulations and policies.
• Substitutions allowed: education for experience; military service for education/experience as described in the ad.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, verifies and interprets information to determine and resolve problems involving calculation of inmate sentences.
• Creates and maintains manual and electronic data-based commitment records using court orders and detention records.
• Adjusts time calculations using credits such as good conduct, industrial, educational, special project and housing participation, plus discretionary credits.
• Researches procedures manual, COMAR, codes and decisions to document and follow proper recording of sentences.
• Accesses offender records through state and national systems to calculate inmate sentences.
• Prepares summaries of time credits to assist attorneys in civil actions alleging miscalculation of release dates.
• Explains sentence calculations and release dates to judges, attorneys, parole officers, and families.
• Prepares and reviews paperwork for court indicating original sentence length, diminutions, and release date.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Introduction

If you are looking for an exciting career with great benefits, pension, generous leave, competitive salary, and the opportunity for advancement and professional growth, apply to join the DPSCS team today! The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

GRADE

11

POSITION DUTIES

• Reviews, verifies and interprets information in order to make determinations and resolve problems involving the calculation of adult incarcerated individuals' prison sentences in accordance with State laws and the regulations and policies of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
• Creates and maintains manual and electronic data-based commitment records and files on prison incarcerated individuals using information from court orders, local detention center records and other official criminal confinement records;
• Adjusts the calculations of time that inmates must serve through the application of various credits such as those given for good conduct, industrial assignments, educational assignments, special project and housing participation as well as discretionary street-time credits awarded by the Maryland Parole Commission;
• Researches the commitment records procedure manual, COMAR, the Annotated Code and State appellate decisions to identify and follow the appropriate procedures for documenting and calculating inmate sentences and maintaining the commitment records files;
• Accesses criminal records and information using various online State and national offender systems in calculating incarcerated individuals sentences;
• Posts incarcerated individuals records to reflect diminution of time credits earned or revoked as well as additional sentences ordered by courts;
• Prepares written summaries of incarcerated individuals’ time credits earned to assist department attorneys assigned to civil actions alleging miscalculation of release dates;
• Explains to interested individuals such as judges, attorneys, parole officers, co-workers, and incarcerated individuals and their families, the calculation of inmate prison sentences and incarcerated individual release dates;
• Prepares paperwork that accompanies incarcerated individuals who must go to court indicating the original length of their sentence, diminutions of the sentence and the rationale, additional sentences and the release date;
• Prepares and reviews forms and letters notifying other jurisdictions, State officials, families of victims and others of the planned time and place of an incarcerated individuals' release;
• Receives ongoing training regarding changes in laws, regulations, policies, and court orders that affect the calculation of incarcerated individuals' sentences and the maintenance of commitment records;

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: One year of experience in reviewing, verifying and interpreting information for compliance with laws, regulations and policies.

1. Applicants may substitute education from an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 semester credit hours for one year of experience for the required experience.;
2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officer involving staff work requiring use of independent judgment and analysis in applying and interpreting rules and regulations in accordance with agency laws and policies on a year to year basis for the required education and experience.;

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

NOT APPLICABLE.

BENEFITS

As an employee of the State of Maryland, you will have access to outstanding benefits, including: health insurance, dental, and vision plans offered at a low cost.

• Personal Leave - new State employees are awarded six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date)
• Annual Leave - ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
• Sick Leave - fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
• Parental Leave - up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
• Holidays - State employees also celebrate at least twelve (12) holidays per year
• Pension - State employees earn credit towards a retirement pension

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.