Why work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons?
You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.
The legal practice at the Los Angeles Consolidated Legal Center (Los Angeles CLC) covers a wide variety of issues focusing on correctional law, either through administrative channels or litigation in federal court. Issues include such matters as inmates’ reasonable access to the courts (e.g., access to legal materials, legal correspondence, and attorney-client visits), conditions of confinement (e.g., medical care, diet and religious accommodations, housing assignments, hygiene & sanitation, and post-sentence administration (e.g., sentence computation and inmate discipline).
This position is part of the Los Angeles CLC, a legal team that oversees legal matters in the Central District of California associated with Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) operations, which includes the following correctional institutions: Metropolitan Detention Center at Los Angeles (MDC LA), Federal Correctional Institution at Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island), Federal Correctional Complex at Lompoc (FCC Lompoc), and the Federal Correctional Complex at Victorville (FCC Victorville). Would be the sole attorney at FCC Victorville and report to the Supervisory Attorney located at MDC LA, who oversees the Los Angeles CLC.
As a member of the Los Angeles CLC, he/she is expected to provide advice and guidance to all levels of staff at these correctional facilities, including members of the Executive Staff. May also be required to handle other BOP legal matters as assigned, which are outside the Central District of California and pertain to other BOP institutions. Will also be expected to communicate with defense attorneys, prosecutors, federal courts, and agency officials. Must have thorough knowledge of all aspects of BOP policy and practice as he/she may be required to appear in District Court or other forums on short notice to explain and advocate the agency’s rationale for its correctional management decisions. Is expected to perform extensive legal research and writing independently with minimal oversight. Is also expected to learn and adapt to BOP protocols in order to achieve optimal levels of advocacy and persuasion.
The duties of this position may at times require frequent and direct contact with individuals in confinement who are suspected or convicted of serious criminal offenses. It has also been determined that the duties of this position require experience and knowledge of the on-the-job responsibilities of a primary law enforcement officer working in a detention facility.
Because of the nature and mission of this position, it requires “hands-on” understanding of the issues encompassed in working within an institution. May be called on to perform as a law enforcement officer in a correctional environment during training, emergency situations, times of staff shortages, and under any other type of correctional operating crisis. Specific correctional responsibilities may include custody and supervision of inmates, responding to emergencies and institution disturbances, participating in fog and escape patrols, and assuming correctional officer posts when necessary. May be required to conduct pat down and visual searches of inmates and search inmate work or living areas for contraband. Must be prepared to use physical control in situations where necessary, such as in fights among inmates, assaults on staff, and during riots or escape attempts.
The Practice areas related to this position are Correctional Law and Health/Medical.
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