CCSO Hiring Corrections Officers

We told you recently that the Cocke County Sheriff’s office is looking to fill several Corrections Officers positions in the jail. In fact, they are looking to hire twelve Corrections Officers. You know the jail is short staffed, but you may not realize that it is at half the staff it should be. Right now there are twelve corrections officers working in the jail, but they should have 24. Sheriff CJ Ball says right now Corrections Officers are working 60 hours a week then getting a week off. There are currently three corrections officers to manage about 160 inmates in the two jails. The reason it is hard to find anyone to work that job is the pay. Starting salary for a Corrections Officer in Cocke County is $13.82 an hour…just under $29,000 a year. Ball says he is working with the county government to get that pay boosted and hopes to do so in next years’ budget. If you are interested in becoming a Corrections Officer with Cocke County, applications can be picked up at the Sheriff’s Department located in the Cocke County courthouse.