Corrections Unit Supervisor

State of South Dakota; Rapid City (SD); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of South Dakota, Department of Corrections, is hiring for a full-time Corrections Unit Manager at the new Rapid City Women’s Prison Facility in Rapid City, SD. The position includes managing housing unit operations, coordinating offender programs, and directing unit staff to ensure safety and program compliance.

Salary ranges from $26.00 to $30.00 per hour, depending on experience, with a comprehensive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Organizes the schedules, coordinates the activities, and manages events for an assigned housing unit to ensure smooth operation.
• Assists offenders with individual and family problems, scheduling and institutional adjustment to help them to understand and change their behavior.
• Coordinates and manages unit offender programs to ensure compliance with department policies and institutional operations.
• Provides work direction to Correctional Officers on the unit and performs security operations to ensure staff and offender safety and unit security.
• Conducts unit orientation and offender interviews and completes documentation used to determine cell/room assignment, and the priority for scheduling follow-on meetings with offenders.
• Serves as a member of the unit Job Boards providing input on classifications, housing and program assignments, work assignments, and program goals to ensure offender needs are met.
• Represents offenders convicted of rule infractions at disciplinary hearings to provide for the security of the unit, the safety of the staff and offenders, and the rehabilitation of the offenders.
• Performs the delegated Corrections Unit Manager duties in their absence.
• Performs other work as assigned.

Job description

The State of South Dakota, Department of Corrections, is hiring for a full-time Corrections Unit Manager at the new Rapid City Women’s Prison Facility in Rapid City, SD. The position includes managing housing unit operations, coordinating offender programs, and directing unit staff to ensure safety and program compliance.

Salary ranges from $26.00 to $30.00 per hour, depending on experience, with a comprehensive benefits package.