Find & Apply For Correctional / Detention Officer Jobs in Alvarado, Texas

More Like This Between $28.02 and $40.00 Per Hour DOE (Depends on Experience) Position range in North Central $17.06•$22.60 Per hour Detention Officer, Various Positions•Alvarado

LASALLE CORRECTIONS WEST LLC

Occupation:

Correctional Officers and Jailers

Location:

ALVARADO, TX

•76009

Job Type:

Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Other, see job description Shift

Posted:

05/12/2026 Positions available: 6

Source:

WorkInTexas

Web Site:

WorkInTexas Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Updated:

08/13/2026

Expires:

09/30/2026 Job #: 17013800 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Work Onsite Full Time Education High School Diploma or Equivalent Experience 12 Month(s) DL Required Language English, Very Well Schedule Full Time Job Type Regular Duration Permanent Employment Public Transit Available Benefits Help for .

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Bus Driver $31.00 PH, Food Service Worker $25.57 PH, Medical Assistant $20.50 PH, Registered Nurse $40.00 PH, Caption $68,640 PY, General Maintenance Worker $28.02 PH and Sergeant $31.00PH

Days/Hours:

To be determined based on the position

Pay:

$28.02 per hour. Full job description Supervises non-citizens in living areas and recreational activities. Supervises non-citizens and visitors in visitation areas. Serves as control center officer, coordinates and monitors non-citizen movements, conduct counts, and provides emergency response. Serves as mailroom, field tower, medical security, perimeter security, and/or gate officer as required. Provides security in treatment activities and supervises labor crews in the kitchen and other specialized areas. Ensures prompt and appropriate assistance to non-citizens in the event of injury, illness, and emotional trauma. Prepares reports and maintains daily logs as required. Initiates disciplinary reports. Conduct shakedown for contraband materials, either individually or as part of a specialized team. Promotes facility cleanliness and reports need for maintenance and/or repairs. Serves as a member of special teams to respond. Successful completion of training courses and on-the-job training as required by facility training standards. Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.

Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities:

Must be representative of worthwhile qualities to which a non-citizen can identify Must be emotionally stable, understanding, and philosophically attuned to the objective of the facility. Language skills and reasoning ability are crucial to success in this position. Interacts daily with non-citizens and staff members while providing security for the facility.

Education and Experience:

Required High school diploma or equivalent. Experience in correctional setting is highly desirable.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer. Long periods of continuous standing and walking per shift, Frequent periods of sitting per shift, repetitive climbing of stairs to reach the assigned areas and working at heights. Occasional kneeling, squatting, and bending to perform pat or strip searches, frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting. Occasionally responding to altercations and occasional restraining and securing assaultive offenders. Ability to respond rapidly to potential security and/or medical codes/issues. Frequent transferrers and transporting non-citizens by walking or riding in various vehicles such as vans, buses, and other forms of transportation. Continuous periods of operating/driving company vehicles to pick up and transport non-citizens per shift. Remaining awake and alert while on duty per shift. Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50-100 lbs. Ability to occasionally withstand direct or indirect exposure to OC spray. Ability to hear and understand verbal communication. No Felony. •If hired please contact Cleburne Workforce Office at 817-641-6201•