Posting number: 2026-04176
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Job classification: CORRECTIONAL ASSISTANT
Posting type: Open Competitive
Categories: Corrections
The Nevada Department of Corrections is seeking to fill a Correctional Assistant at High Desert State Prison. Correctional Assistants work to ensure the health and safety of staff and inmates; assist custody staff in duties required in non-housing areas such as the visiting room, law library, chapel, mail room, property and laundry room; feed inmates in a timely manner; maintain sanitary and orderly living conditions; supervise and deliver inmate mail and correspondence; conduct formal and informal inmate population counts; and assist the unit officers and Case Work staff as needed.
Under immediate supervision and direction of a P.O.S.T. certified Category 3 custody officer, Correctional Assistants perform a variety of entry level assignments which do not require P.O.S.T. certification. Positions allocated to this class are trained and oriented to the field of Corrections, but do not respond to emergency situations, riots, and/or altercations involving inmates, do not supervise inmates, and do not perform security functions such as inmate movement or escort.
High school graduation or equivalent education and one year of work experience.
Assist custody staff in performing the duties required in carrying out the purpose and function of the work unit as mail room officer or visiting room officer, or work in the law library, chapel, laundry, culinary, and other non-housing area as assigned.
Perform institutional counts and monitoring duties of offenders as assigned; provide security unit and safety checks and document activities in various logs and reports.
In a maximum security institution, may provide floor duties in a housing unit such as meal and mail delivery, mopping and general custodial functions.
Perform related duties as assigned.
General knowledge of: basic mathematics.
Ability to: read, understand and follow instructions; communicate orally and in writing; establish cooperative working relationships with coworkers; stand for long periods of time; learn the basic principles and practices of maintaining security in a correctional facility.
Skill in: operating motor vehicles.
Recruiter Contact Information: Susan Ashley – q.ashley@admin.nv.gov
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