Nicole Sandifer
Palestine,TX
Summary
To work in an environment committed to growth; to develop expertise with co-worker who exist on high standards, and to work in a highly rewarding career where I can leverage my skills and knowledge to help improve myself and others
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Warden of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Palestine, Texas
10.2024 - Current
- Job Summary - As a Senior Warden I perform advanced managerial correctional and criminal justice administration work in a correctional facility
- Work involves managing and overseeing correctional facilities; administering policies and procedures; directing security, housing, and facility operations; and supervising the work of others
- As a Senior Warden I am responsible for the safety and security of the prison and its inmates and staff
- I also manage the prison's daily operations, including:
- Personnel: Managing schedules, training, and performance of prison staff
- Inmates: Assigning inmates to areas of the prison and ensuring they are protected while serving their sentences
- Security: Ensuring the prison is secure and that inmates can only enter and exit with authorization
- Programs: Implementing re-entry programs to help inmates become law-abiding citizens
- Budget: Managing the prison's budget and ensuring that funds are properly used
- As a Senior Warden I am also responsible for ensuring that the facility is safe including staff and inmates during emergencies
- My responsibilities include:
- Reporting hazards and obstructions
- Modifying and documenting emergency evacuation procedures
- Ensuring that fire doors and smoke doors are closed
- Accounting for all people in the building
- Ensuring that people move in an orderly manner during evacuations
- Assisting people with mobility impairments during evacuations
- Operating fire-fighting equipment
Senior Warden of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
09.2022 - 09.2024
- Job Summary As a Senior Warden I perform advanced managerial correctional and criminal justice administration work in a correctional facility
- Work involves managing and overseeing correctional facilities; administering policies and procedures; directing security, housing, and facility operations; and supervising the work of others
- As a Senior Warden I am responsible for the safety and security of the prison and its inmates and staff
- I also manage the prison's daily operations, including
- Personnel: Managing schedules, training, and performance of prison staff
- Inmates: Assigning inmates to areas of the prison and ensuring they are protected while serving their sentences
- Security: Ensuring the prison is secure and that inmates can only enter and exit with authorization
- Programs: Implementing re-entry programs to help inmates become law-abiding citizens
- Budget Managing the prison's budget and ensuring that funds are properly used
- I am also responsible for ensuring that the facility is safe during emergencies
- Their responsibilities include:
- Reporting hazards and obstructions
- Modifying and documenting emergency evacuation procedures
- Ensuring that fire doors and smoke doors are closed
- Accounting for all people in the building
- Ensuring that people move in an orderly manner during evacuations
- Assisting people with mobility impainments during evacuations
- Operating fire-fighting equipment
Assistant Warden of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
08.2019 - 08.2022
- Job Summary As an Assistant Warden I provide criminal justice administration is a correctional facility
- My work involves managing and administering policies and procedures; directing security, housing, and facility operations; and planning, assigning, and supervising the work of others
- I input decisions to improve unit activities, form team building exercises, review community service contract
- I have organized high profile events like COVID-19
- I work under limited regulation with significant liberty for the use of initiative and independent judgment
- Essential Functions-A) Supervise a substantial number of correctional staff, non-security personnel and offenders; supervise and assist in housekeeping activities to ensure the cleaning of the institution and the conducting of inspections for compliance of standards
- Supervise general building maintenance, repairs of locks, bars, doors, and painting
- Supervise and inspect keys and use of force equipment, observe the preparation of offender and staff meals prepared by the units' food service department
- B.) Review duty reports of correctional officers, review duty assignments ensuring adequate staffing of new employees and in on unit training
- C) Assist in investigating real and suspected disturbances and acts of violence, review, monitor, and track offender protection investigation and staff misconduct
- Conduct unannounced rounds in all area's offenders have access to (housing, work, recreation, respite, infirmary, chapel, offender dining hall, and transports)
- D.) Provide appropriate information to other staff, complies with all policies, procedures, rules, and regulations enforces offender disciplinary rules supervise the preparation and maintenance of records, forms, and reports, and complete and assist with all other duties and tasks assigned
- E) Use computer applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, calendar, email and database software in performing work assignments
- F) Plan, assign, and supervise the work of others
- Perform a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed
Major of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Directs operations regarding the control, security, and administration of staff, offenders, equipment, permanent improvements, and property of the coctional facility monitors staff and offenders to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; and enforces offender disciplinary rules
- Plans and directs procedures and practices relating to the security of offenders responds to emergency situations and plans and directs the placement of staff in the event of ri and other emergencies and assists in planning the operation and bor force placement of the facility agriculture, treatment, maintenance and construction, and industrial programs
- Oversees the preparation and documentation of work assignments, classification committee, habilitative cords, and reports on offeralers
- Directs inspections of the living accommodations of offenders for proper nitation and determine whether improvements are necessary; renees building mice and improvements
- Plans, signs, and supervises the work of others
- Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed
Major of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
03.2017 - 06.2018
- Directs operation regarding the control, security, and administration of staff offenders, equipment, permanent improvements, and property of the comectional facility, monitors staff and offenders to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; and enforces offender disciplinary rules
- Plans and directs procedures and practices relating to the security of offenders respond emergency situations and plans and directs the placement of staff in the event of riots, escapes, and other emergencies and assists in planning the operation and labor force placement of the facility agriculture, treatment, maintenance and conaction, and industrial programs
- Oversees the preparation and documentation of work assignments, classification committe rehabilitive records, and reports on offeralers
- Directs inspections of the living accommodations of offenders for proper tation and determines whether improvements are necessary; oversees building maintenance and improvements
- Plass, assigns, and supervises the work of others
- Performs a variety of marginal duties not linted, to be determined and assigned an nooded
Captain of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
04.2016 - 04.2017
- Directed overall supervision of correctional officers and offenders; supervised, scholaled, instructed, trained, and ensured the safety of assigned employees and offenders, and assisted in formulating security and work procedures
- Supervised and directed searches for contraband, count, fed, and supervised offenders in honing, work, and other areas accessed by stains, steps, and badders, and performed security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, and climbing stairs, steps, and ladders to reach the assigned areas
- Supervised and provided custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "par" and "strip" searches of offenders, training and securing sometimes assaulive offenden, and tranferring and transporting offenders by walking, driving, or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, beses, and other forms of transportation
- Supervised and provided security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintence, baundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs, steps, and ladders and climbing around the inside and outside of buildings; works outdoors and indoors without air conditioning; works around motorizador moving equipment anal machinery; and is subject to all types of weather
- Responded to emergencies including climbing stairs, steps, and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs, steps, and ladders; and toes force and deadly force to include the use of chemical agents and freams to control offen
Lieutenant of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
05.2012 - 03.2016
- Functioned as shift supervisor, supervised, instructed, trained, and ensured the safety of assigned employees and offenders; scheduled employees and offenders work and off-duty time and assisted in formulating security and work procedures
- Supervised and directed searches for contraband and provides security, cou feeds, and supervised offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs, steps, ladders, and performed security of various assigned an involving long periods of sitting and standing, and climbing stairs, steps, and lakders to reach the assigned areas
- Supervised and provided cataly and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squrting and bending to performs "par" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, beses, and other forms of nsportation
- Supervised and provided security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintence, bundy, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs, steps, and badders and climbing around the inside and tide of buildings; works outdoors and indoors without air conditioning; works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and is subject to all types of weather
- Responded to emergencies including climbing stairs, steps, and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving fint aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs, steps, and ladders; and uses force and deadly force to include the use of chemical agents and frame to cool offenders
Sergeant of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
12.2017 - 05.2012
- Supervised, instructed, trained, and eased the safety of assigned employees; and maintains ca
- Custody, and adherence to rules and regulations by offenders assigned to specific work areas
- Supervised and searched for contraband and provided security; counts, fed and supervised offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs, steps, and ladders; and performed security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, and climbing stairs, steps, and bulders to reach the assigned areas
- Supervised and provided custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offerers, squling and bending to performs "pat" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and other forms of nsportation
- Supervised and provided security of offenders performing technical skills acha construction, maintence, lundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs, steps, and badders and climbing around the inside and side of buildings, works outdoors and indoors without air conditioning; works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and is subject to all types of weather
- Responded to emergencies including climbing stairs, steps, and ladders while searching for excaped offenders, bearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs, steps, and ladders; and uses force and deadly force to include the use of chemical agents and frame to cool offenders
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
12.2007 - 12.2007
- Searched for contraband and provided security, count, fed, and supervised offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stains; and maintained the security of variasigned involving long periods of sitting and standing, climbing stairs and ladder to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights
- Provided custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "par" and "Strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and other forms of transportation
- Supervised and provided security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders and climbing around the inside or outside of buildings works ondoors and indoors without air conditioning works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and was subject to all types of weather
- Responded to emergencies, including climbing stairs and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving fint and at the emergency site
- Carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs and ladders; and uses force and deadly force, including the use of chemical agents and fix to control offenders
- Read, reviewed, and property applied information found in offender records which is related to the offender's health and safety and to the security of the facility; provided leadership and technical guidance to other staff, complied with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforced offender disciplinary rules; and prepared and maintains records, forms, and перон
- Performed a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
02.2000 - 10.2007
- Searched for contraband and provided security; count, fed, and supervised offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stains and maintained the security of variasigned an involving long periods of sitting and warding, climbing stairs and ladders to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights
- Provided custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squalling and being any of t offenders, squatting and bending to perform "par" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such of trailos hue and other foo transportation
- Supervised and provided security of offenders performing technical skills such as contraction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders and climbing around the inside or outside of buildings works outdoors and indoors without air conditioning works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and was subject to all types of weather
- Responded to emergencies, including climbing soirs and ladders while searching for forced offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving fint aid at the emergency site
- Carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs and ladders; and uses force and deadly force, including the use of chemical agents and fins, offenders
- Read, reviewed, and property applied information found in offender records which is related to the offender's health and safety and to the security of the facility; provided leadership and technical guidance to other staff, complied with policies, procedures, nies, and regulations; enforced offender disciplinary rules; and prepared and maintains records, forms.and report
- Performed a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
02.1996 - 06.1999
- Searched for contraband and provided security; count, fed, and supervised offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stains and muinained the security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, climbing stairs and ladders to reach the assigned areas, and working at heights
- Provided custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "par" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles sach an trailers, vans, benes, and other forms of transportati
- Supervised and provided security of offenders performing technical skills such as contraction, monterance, laundry, food service, aral in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders and climbing around the inside or outside of buildings works ondoors and indoors without air conditioning works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; and was subject to all types of weather
- Responded to emergencies, including climbing soirs and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving fint aid at the emergency site
- At the carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs and ladders; and uses force and deadly force, including the use of chemical agents and fis, to colanders
- Read, reviewed, and property applied information found in offenderecords which is related to the offender's health and safety and to the security of the facility; provided leadership and technical guidance to other staff, complied with policies, procedures, nies, and regulations; enforced offender disciplinary rules; and prepared and maintains records, forms.and reports
- Performed a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Kaplan University
Chicago, Illinois10.2008
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Ashworth College
03.2006
Skills
- Policy Enforcement
- Crisis Management
- Physical Fitness
- Employee Retention
- Weapons Handling
- De-Escalation Techniques
Affiliations
- Westwood Youth Football League (Anderson County) Current Member
- Morning Star Baptist Church Current Member
Timeline
Senior Warden of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
10.2024 - Current
Senior Warden of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
09.2022 - 09.2024
Assistant Warden of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
08.2019 - 08.2022
Major of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
07.2018 - 07.2019
Sergeant of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
12.2017 - 05.2012
Major of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
03.2017 - 06.2018
Captain of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
04.2016 - 04.2017
Lieutenant of Correctional Officers
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
05.2012 - 03.2016
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
12.2007 - 12.2007
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
02.2000 - 10.2007
Correctional Officer
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
02.1996 - 06.1999
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Kaplan University
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Ashworth College
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