Address:

Classification and Population Management
701 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary:  $43,560.00

Grade: 17

Closing Date: 07/28/2026

NO CORRECTIONS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED – FULLY PAID TRAINING PROVIDED: We do not expect you to know sentencing laws or complex date formulas on your first day! If you possess basic math skills, high attention to detail, and a desire to learn, our dedicated team will provide complete, step-by-step training to help you master this role.

Are you an analytical problem-solver with a sharp eye for legal details? Join the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) as a TCU Technician Senior. In this essential role, you will decode complex court orders, research historical sentencing statutes, and use advanced mathematical data auditing to calculate exact release dates. Your critical thinking directly safeguards public safety, ensures judicial compliance, and provides transparency for families and legal representatives.

Advanced Legal Auditing:
- Executes complex audits of sentence calculations across a variety of inmate release tracks, utilizing precise state methodologies

Statutory Document Analysis:
- Interprets and applies daily legal parameters to ensure accurate sentence structure, validating that all relevant court documents cite correct statutes

System Optimization:
- Monitors, reviews, and audits core database programs to ensure the system criteria generates precise release dates

Process Management:
- Administers the day-to-day evaluation and processing required for Forfeiture, Restoration, and Rescission life cycles

Stakeholder Communication:
- Manages official correspondence and provides clear release date applications to families, law enforcement, legal counsel, and judicial systems

Leadership & Mentorship:
- Leads technical onboarding and conducts specialized training for new unit personnel, external agencies, and broader ADCRR staff

- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge of:
- Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS), State and Federal Laws, ADCRR department policies and procedures, rules and regulations, and time computation procedures pertaining to inmate release
- Court decisions and ADCRR policies relating to sentence calculations
- Methods of releases, time computations, and techniques
- Current and historical law pertaining to sentence structures and court decisions to ensure accurate and timely releases from ADCRR custody/control
- Computers and various applications such as Microsoft Office and Google Suite
- Various types of inmate releases
- Principles and practices of releases
- Time computation procedures
- Mathematics
- Professional English, including proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation

Skill in:
- Written, verbal, and listening communication
- Mathematical computations
- Interpretation and analysis of legal documents
- Understanding legal terminology
- Building and maintaining effective interpersonal relationships
- Attention to detail
- Computers, related peripheral equipment, and various software programs
- Critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making

Ability to:
- Understand, explain, and apply State and Federal laws
- Research and interpret ARS, court orders, and policies
- Deconstruct court orders to determine appropriate sentencing structures
- Work on multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously while providing a high level of customer service
- Train staff
- Determine the correct credits available for forfeiture, restoration, and rescission to determine the correct release dates

- Two (2) years of experience as an intermediate-level technician or equivalent

Candidates are required to attain Time Computation Certification through ADCRR by achieving the required passing score of 85% or higher for retention in this position.

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.