Corrections Officer. The desire to serve your community manifests itself many forms. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) hires only Corrections Officers who feel a strong sense of pride in their ability provide order and stability to incarcerated offenders. 
Corrections Officers look at their chosen career path as an avenue to a well respected profession that requires tremendous responsibility and provides long term job security. JSO views the time that offenders are incarcerated as time that can be spent restoring character, improving education and developing life skills. Corrections Officers are the cornerstone on which this philosophy is built. The daily interaction with offenders affords Corrections Officers the opportunity to help people become better citizens, more capable of functioning in society, and helps reduce the rate of recidivism in Jacksonville. Corrections Officers and offenders are involved in daily classes including parenting skills, GED, literacy and substance abuse classes.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Department of Corrections is comprised of over 700 Corrections Officers and civilian personnel. It encompasses three correctional facilities which all provide secure, humane, corrective and productive detention of individuals incarcerated in Duval County. 
Corrections Officers can develop a well rounded career path by participating in many units, including the canine unit, pretrial services and the home detention unit. A Corrections Officer's base salary is subject to a seventeen year career path. Officers' base salary starts at $28,892 annually. Sergeants reach $59,329 and Lieutenants reach $69,712 after seventeen years, with Captains reaching $81,911. These base salaries typically increase every year in accordance with applicable collective bargaining agreements. In addition, those in the Corrections ranks may be eligible to receive education incentive pay. Other pay premium includes shift differential, working out-of-classification, state career incentives for advanced training, etc.
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Salary: $29,892, $31,463 after training, 5% increase
Corrections Recruiter:
JSORecruiter@jaxsheriff.org
(904) 713-4870
Northeast Florida Criminal Justice Training and Education Center
4715 Capper Road Building P
Jacksonville, FL 32218
NOTE: Effective July 1 2012, any person who is hired by the City of Jacksonville and does not reside within Duval County at the time of hire, will have 6 (six) months to establish permanent residency within the boundaries of Duval County. Failure to establish permanent residency within 6 months shall constitute resignation from employment.
If any person who is hired by the City of Jacksonville and does reside within Duval County at the time of hire, but subsequently moves his/her permanent residence outside the boundaries of Duval County, shall constitute resignation from employment.
