Lisa Salinas
Karnes City,TX
Summary
Highly disciplined and reliable with experience in managing security operations and enforcing regulations within correctional facilities. Skilled in crisis intervention, conflict resolution, and team leadership, contributing to safer environment for staff and inmates. Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing situations and develop strategies that positively impact operational efficiency.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dentention Officer
Karnes Country Immigration Processing Center
Karnes City, Texas
04.2024 - Current
- Responded promptly to emergency situations and provided medical aid.
- Improved facility safety by performing thorough inspections of cells, common areas, and property for contraband or damage.
- Managed daily operations, including supervising detainees' work details, meal distribution, and recreational activities.
- Transported detainees throughout the facility and off-site to medical appointments and court appearances.
- Maintained a safe environment for detainees and staff through effective communication and adherence to established protocols.
- Enhanced detainee security by conducting regular cell checks and monitoring daily activities.
- Collaborated with fellow officers to maintain order and resolve conflicts among detainees efficiently.
- Ensured accurate record-keeping of all detainee information through meticulous documentation of incidents, infractions, or medical needs.
- Improved facility cleanliness and orderliness, overseeing detainees' work details for upkeep and maintenance.
- Enhanced security measures by conducting thorough searches and inspections.
Laundry Manager III
John B. Connally Jr. Unit
Kenedy, Texas
06.2020 - 06.2023
- Managed inventory and supplies, ensuring adequate stock levels for uninterrupted operations.
- Maintained a safe work environment through regular safety inspections and staff training sessions.
- Trained new employees on company policies, procedures, and best practices within the laundry department.
- Managed laundry sorting, washing, drying, and ironing.
- Maintained security inside the laundry department.
- Helped conduct accountability with the count and necessities of all buildings, including the main laundry department.
- Ensure compliance with sanitation, safety, and health regulations.
- Distribution, laundering, repair, storage, collection, and inventory of staff and inmate clothing.
- Supervise and provide security for inmates performing laundry service technical skills.
Sergeant of Correctional Officer
John B. Connally Jr. Unit
Kenedy, Texas
10.2018 - 03.2021
- Enhanced inmate safety by conducting thorough cell searches and confiscating contraband items.
- Effectively managed high-stress situations while maintaining professionalism, demonstrating strong leadership skills under pressure.
- Maintained order within the facility by consistently enforcing institutional rules and regulations.
- Increased security measures by regularly inspecting all areas of the facility for potential hazards or risks.
- Collaborated with medical personnel to ensure proper care for inmates with health concerns or medical needs.
- Handled inmate counts and searches for missing inmates.
- Completed daily work report sheets and delegated tasks to employees.
- Supervised dining hall, outdoor recreation area, vocational shop, and inmate housing unit.
- Investigated and completed grievances involving various allegations concerning staff and offenders.
- Monitored compliance with safety policies and procedures in a correctional environment, as well as conducted safety and risk management inspections.
- Supervised approximately 48 correctional staff officers in General Population and 19 in Administrative Segregation.
- Conducted investigations involving fights with safe prison, among other incidents.
- Learned how to conduct and control the use of force that may occur at any given time.
Correctional Officer V
John B. Connally Jr Unit
Kenedy, Texas
11.2017 - 10.2018
- Managed high-risk situations with professionalism and composure, ensuring the safety of all involved parties.
- Searched cells of inmates to identify and confiscate contraband, and other prohibited items.
- Maintained inmate safety through vigilant monitoring of behavior and swift intervention during conflicts.
- Reduced instances of contraband by thoroughly searching inmates, cells, and common areas.
- Observed and supervised inmates throughout visits, meal time, recreation, phone calls, and showers.
- Escorted inmates to and from cells, court, hospitals, and medical appointments.
- Conducted routine and emergency head counts.
- Assisted in the training of new correctional officers, providing guidance on best practices and procedures.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies governing correctional facilities.
- Interviewed inmates to obtain information and assess needs.
- Enhanced facility safety by conducting regular and thorough cell inspections.
- Escort procedures, as well as feeding procedures, of offenders in Administrative Segregation.
- Conducted ingress and egress procedures.
- Learned how to control the picket control panels in dorms and pods to have complete control of all the picket doors.
Sergeant of Correctional Officer
John Brown University
Kenedy, Texas
11.2014 - 11.2017
- Enhanced inmate safety by conducting thorough cell searches and confiscating contraband items.
- Effectively managed high-stress situations while maintaining professionalism, demonstrating strong leadership skills under pressure.
- Maintained order within the facility by consistently enforcing institutional rules and regulations.
- Coordinated with other correctional facilities during transfers of inmates, ensuring smooth transitions between institutions without compromising security protocols.
- Collaborated with medical personnel to ensure proper care for inmates with health concerns or medical needs.
- Handled inmate counts and searches for missing inmates.
- Performed routine work supervising the care and custody of inmates.
- I assisted my shift supervisors in training staff with monthly security and safety trainings.
- Reported serious or unusual incidents to the shift supervisors as they occurred, and ensured that both staff and offenders were following rules, regulations, and procedures.
- Supervised approximately 28 correctional staff in administrative segregation.
Correctional Officer I-V
John B. Connally High School
Kenedy, Texas
12.2009 - 11.2014
- Managed high-risk situations with professionalism and composure, ensuring the safety of all involved parties.
- Searched cells of inmates to identify and confiscate contraband, and other prohibited items.
- Maintained inmate safety through vigilant monitoring of behavior and swift intervention during conflicts.
- Reduced instances of contraband by thoroughly searching inmates, cells, and common areas.
- Observed and supervised inmates throughout visits, meal time, recreation, phone calls, and showers.
- Escorted inmates to and from cells, court, hospitals, and medical appointments.
- Conducted routine and emergency head counts.
- Assisted in the training of new correctional officers, providing guidance on best practices and procedures.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies governing correctional facilities.
- Interviewed inmates to obtain information and assess needs.
- Enhanced facility safety by conducting regular and thorough cell inspections.
- Escort procedures, as well as feeding procedures, of offenders in Administrative Segregation.
- Conducted ingress and egress procedures.
- Learned how to control the picket control panels in dorms and pods to have complete control of all the picket doors.
Education
High School Diploma -
Karnes City High School
Karnes City05-1991
Skills
- Body and cell searches
- Inmate observation
- Disturbance management
- Facility monitoring
- Security and sanitation checks
- Inmate control
- Defensive techniques
- Restraint techniques
- Security procedures
- Headcounts
- Inmate escorting
- First aid administration
- Mental alertness
- Behavioral observation
- De-escalation techniques
- Emergency response
Accomplishments
- Sergeant's Academy
Certification
- First Aide
Timeline
Dentention Officer
Karnes Country Immigration Processing Center
04.2024 - Current
Laundry Manager III
John B. Connally Jr. Unit
06.2020 - 06.2023
Sergeant of Correctional Officer
John B. Connally Jr. Unit
10.2018 - 03.2021
Correctional Officer V
John B. Connally Jr Unit
11.2017 - 10.2018
Sergeant of Correctional Officer
John Brown University
11.2014 - 11.2017
Correctional Officer I-V
John B. Connally High School
12.2009 - 11.2014
High School Diploma -
Karnes City High School
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