Correctional Officer
Columbia Correctional Institution
Lake City, FL
09.2024 - Current
- Guarded facility entrances to screen visitors.
- Counseled inmates and responded to legitimate questions, concerns and requests.
- Transported inmates to court, doctor appointments and work sites.
- Facilitated communication between inmates and facility staff, including relaying requests and grievances.
- Used appropriate means to discipline prisoners.
- Monitored video surveillance systems to observe prisoner activity throughout the correctional facility.
- Inspected locks, window bars, doors, and security systems to support escape prevention.
- Maintained clear and open communications with facility areas to support safe operations.
- Supervised inmates during day-to-day activities.
- Escorted inmates within the facility, including to and from cells, medical appointments, and recreational activities.
- Conducted headcounts to ensure that all inmates were accounted for.
- Inspected cells and conducted random searches of common areas.
- Maintained order in the prison by monitoring inmate behavior and intervening when necessary.
- Conducted regular cell inspections looking for evidence of drug use or other prohibited items that could pose a threat to security.
- Provided first response medical care in emergency situations until professional medical staff could take over.
- Supervised prisoners during meals, recreation time, work assignments, medical visits, court appearances, and other activities.
- Informed inmates and visitors of rules, safety and security procedures and responsibilities.
- Distributed commissary items and dispensed prescribed medication to prisoners.
- Performed security checks on visitors entering the facility as well as on packages being delivered to inmates.
- Received property from incoming inmates, provided receipts and inspected items for contraband.
- Investigated incidents involving prisoners or staff to determine who was responsible for any violations of policies or procedures.
- Employed de-escalation techniques, verbal commands and physical and mechanical restraints to address unruly inmates.
