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Correction Classification Analyst

Grade 22

New York State has approximately 8 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Corrections and Community Supervision, Dept of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

There is currently no Career Ladder information available for this title.

Summary of Job Description

Working under the direction of the Director and Assistant Director of Inmate Classification and Movement, Correction Classification Analysts are responsible for making final inmate classification decisions based on staff recommendations, and for monitoring inmate classification activities of a specified group of facilities. In addition, they are responsible for: making final decisions regarding inmate transfers and security classification levels; reviewing all transfer referrals from assigned facilities for accuracy and compliance with Departmental rules and regulations, including checking transfer history, placement levels, criminal history, enemies, and program needs and, if appropriate, conducting a full inmate file review; reviewing and assigning inmate security classification level based on the reclassification guidelines, which includes checking the inmate’s sentence structure, time to earliest release, public risk score, institutional behavior, warrants and/or detainers, pending charges, and the classification level recommendation from the Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator; reviewing, approving and completing Security Classification Guideline changes submitted by facilities; and coordinating transfers of “hard to place” inmates with other divisions (Health Services, Mental Health, Office of Special Investigations, etc.) within the Department.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and have had three months of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as an Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator (including all parenthetics).

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

37-949

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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