5831 - Correction and Detention Specialist

Summary

Correctional Specialists guard and provide 24-hour supervision of the daily activities of confined personnel at military correctional facilities (MCFs) to prevent disturbances and escapes.

Correctional Specialists perform routine inspections, process personnel for confinement and release, transport prisoners, absentees and deserters; manage prisoner’s funds and personal property, observe and report meaningful changes in prisoner behavior, report conduct investigations on infractions of the MCFs published regulations, investigate the whereabouts of military deserters to facilitate their swift return to military control, and conduct investigations in support of Provost Marshals Office operations.

Corrections Specialist also provide commanders with the capability to execute regional detention facilities in theater with immediate oversight and subject matter expertise on the safe, humane and efficient care of enemy detainees entrusted to their care.

Typical duties and billets include Escort, Dorm Supervisor, Master Control Supervisor, Mess Deck Supervisor, Duty Driver, Duty Brig Supervisor, Command Investigator, Administration Chief, Programs Chief, and Operations Chief billets.

Prerequisites

Must be a U.S.

citizen.

Must possess a GT score of 95 or higher.

Must possess a high degree of maturity and emotional stability.

Security requirement: secret security clearance eligibility.

Have no record of civil court conviction that resulted in confinement.

Must have no history of mental, nervous, or emotional disorders (waivers to this requirement will not be granted).

Must have no convictions by special or general courts-martial; or felony convictions or misdemeanor convictions of domestic violence from civil courts.

Waivers will not be granted for convictions by special or general courts-martial or civil courts for crimes of domestic violence as per reference (bk), the Lautenberg Amendment.

Must be able to lift and lower 67 lbs.

Must be able to stand for long periods while wearing/carrying up to a 80 pound uniform and combat equipment.

Requirements

Complete the Corrections and Detention Specialist Course (A16MN43), USAMPS, Ft Leonard Wood, MO.

Requests for lateral move into MOS 5831 will be accompanied by an interview and recommendation by an installation’s senior corrections officer, MOS 5804 (not waiverable).

POI CID

A16MN43

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (ac), Military Police, Investigations, and Corrections Training and Readiness Manual.

Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012.

Military Police, 5811.

Military Police Investigator, 5819.

Correctional Counselor, 5832.

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