Inmate Records & Compliance Technician

DelDOT; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

DelDOT is seeking an entry-level professional to support the Correctional Record Series. You will verify sentencing orders, translate time into dates for parole and release, and apply time calculations to reduce sentences.

You will maintain inmate case files, use automated systems, and assist with court inquiries and reports. Six months of document processing and record-keeping experience are required, along with coursework in math and automated information systems.

Qualifications

• Six months' experience in document processing such as reviewing and evaluating records for completeness and conformity with laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures, resolving deficiencies, and tracking and monitoring activities.
• Six months' experience in record keeping such as maintaining, filing, tracking, and retrieving physical, electronic, and digital documents, reports, or other information.
• Coursework, training, and/or work experience in math such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, or decimals.
• Coursework, training, and/or work experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire, and report on data.

Responsibilities

• Verifies and reviews sentencing orders and translates orders length of time into calendar dates for earliest and latest possible dates for parole, for transfers to less stringent facility and release from custody; calculates/applies statutory 'good time', time already served, and meritorious time to reduce sentence.
• Establishes and maintains inmate case files containing classification data, inmate conduct, confidential information, legal documents and miscellaneous data; Prepares identification file for use by Correctional Officers escorting inmates outside of the institution.
• Uses automated information systems to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data.
• Verifies that there are no outstanding charges, warrants or capias prior to inmate release.
• Answers inquiries from inmates, their relatives, court personnel, police agencies, attorneys and counselors; Testifies in court to provide data from inmate's case history file.
• Serves out-of-state warrants to inmate and explains legal rights and options pertaining to warrant; Explains terms and conditions of bail to inmate and obtains signature agreeing to terms.
• Reviews legal documents for completeness, accuracy and compliance with state and federal laws.
• Prepares various reports.

Skills

Document processing

Record keeping

Math

Education

Math coursework

Automated information systems coursework

Job description

DelDOT is seeking an entry-level professional to support the Correctional Record Series. You will verify sentencing orders, translate time into dates for parole and release, and apply time calculations to reduce sentences.

You will maintain inmate case files, use automated systems, and assist with court inquiries and reports. Six months of document processing and record-keeping experience are required, along with coursework in math and automated information systems.