CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT

About the role

This full-time position supervises Correctional Officers in the safe custody, discipline, and welfare of incarcerated people on an assigned watch or in a major area. Main communication for this position will be through email.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Correctional Officers to ensure alert and diligent performance of duties.
• Conduct roll calls and inspection tours.
• Convey complaints from Correctional Officers and incarcerated people to superiors.
• Take, receive, and check periodic counts of incarcerated people.
• Direct inspections of incarcerated people’s quarters for contraband, sanitary conditions, and orderliness.
• Examine incoming and outgoing mail.
• Develop procedures and post orders.
• Provide on-the-job training for Correctional Officer staff.
• Promote acceptable attitudes and behavior of incarcerated people.
• Rate incarcerated people on conduct and productivity.
• Direct visits to incarcerated people and arrange facility tours for visitors.
• Report infractions of rules and irregular or suspicious occurrences; take or recommend appropriate action.
• Prevent escapes and injuries to incarcerated people and property.
• Search for and recapture escaped incarcerated people.
• Receive, check, and issue guns, ammunition, and other supplies and equipment.
• May participate as a leader in the group treatment program for incarcerated or supervised people.
• Prepare employee and performance reports.
• Keep records and prepare reports.

Requirements

Candidates must meet the Minimum Requirements as outlined in the Class Specification for Correctional Sergeant. Possession of Minimum Qualifications will be verified prior to interview and/or appointment. If meeting qualifications through education, unofficial transcripts/diploma must be included for verification. Official transcripts may be required upon appointment.

• Candidates new to CDCR or the Division of Juvenile Justice must submit to a background investigation, including Live Scan fingerprinting and Tuberculosis testing prior to appointment, followed by annual Tuberculosis testing/evaluation thereafter.
• Applicants with foreign education must obtain and submit verification of U.S. course/degree equivalency.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of principles and practices of correctional administration, rehabilitation, and methods of discipline.
• Knowledge of personnel supervision and training principles.
• Knowledge of first aid, use and care of firearms, and department’s Affirmative Action Program objectives.
• Ability to create and promote an equitable and inclusive workplace where diversity is celebrated and valued.

Working Conditions

This position is located at the California State Prison in Corcoran, CA, right off Highway 43. The facility offers an on-site fitness center.

• Conveniently located one hour from Lemoore Naval Air Station and Sequoias National Park.
• Two hours from Yosemite National Park and Pismo Beach.

Pay

$8,696.00 - $10,935.00 per month. Effective July 1, 2025, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) requires a 3% reduction in pay in exchange for 5 hours of PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027. New state candidates will be hired at the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Benefits

• Fast-vesting pension plan.
• Up to 14 paid days off per year.
• Comprehensive benefits.

Department Information

Vision: We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment, and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs.

Mission: To facilitate the successful reintegration of individuals in our care back to their communities equipped with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs, all in a safe and humane environment.

CDCR and CCHCS are committed to transforming the correctional landscape to create safer, more professional, and fulfilling environments for employees, the incarcerated population, and those supervised in communities. We aim to strengthen rehabilitation, enhance workplace satisfaction, and support successful reentry through systemwide improvements grounded in proven and emerging practices.