Corrections Administrative Clerk — Jail Services

Salt Lake County; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 36,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Lake County Jail seeks a detail-focused Jail Clerk to manage inmate services, visitor processing, and communications across the jail complex. This role requires accuracy, discretion, and strong clerical skills to support daily operational needs.

Responsibilities include scheduling visits, screening mail, handling inquiries from attorneys and staff, and maintaining records in the OMS system, with annual salary range shown and environmental pay eligibility.

Qualifications

• One year of clerical or administrative support experience.
• Must pass background check via fingerprinting and RAP Back enrollment.

Responsibilities

• Pre-schedules prisoner visits; verifies visitor information and records details.
• Answers and routes calls; assists attorneys, judges, and bail bondsmen with questions.
• Checks in visitors and coordinates visits from legal advisors, clergy, and healthcare providers.
• Monitors movement via cameras; directs visitors to correct areas and visitation rooms.
• Runs warrants and record checks on visitors using OMS and other systems.
• Screens mail and parcels for contraband; manages prisoner property and incidents.
• Obtains prisoner signatures; processes deposits and updates prisoner accounts in OMS.
• Delivers and tracks commissary items; maintains inventory and records.

Skills

Data entry

Phone etiquette

Customer service

Office software

Communication

Job description

Salt Lake County Jail seeks a detail-focused Jail Clerk to manage inmate services, visitor processing, and communications across the jail complex. This role requires accuracy, discretion, and strong clerical skills to support daily operational needs.

Responsibilities include scheduling visits, screening mail, handling inquiries from attorneys and staff, and maintaining records in the OMS system, with annual salary range shown and environmental pay eligibility.