Internment/Resettlement (I/R) Specialists in the Army are primarily responsible for day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility. I/R Specialists provide rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to U.S. military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; conduct inspections; prepare written reports; and coordinate activities of prisoners/internees and staff personnel.


Some of your duties as an Internment/Resettlement Specialist may include:


* Assist with the supervision and management of confinement and detention operations
* Provide external security to confinement/corrections facilities or detention/internment facilities
* Provide counseling and guidance to individual prisoners within a rehabilitative program
* Prepare or review reports and records of prisoners/internees and programs


TRAINING


Job training for an Internment/Resettlement Specialist requires nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and eight weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in a field environment. Some of the skills you'll learn are:


* Military laws and jurisdictions
* Level of Force Procedures
* Unarmed Self-Defense Techniques
* Police Deviance and Ethics Procedures
* Interpersonal Communications Skills
* Close confinement operations
* Search and restraint procedures
* Use of firearms
* Custody and control procedures


HELPFUL SKILLS


Helpful attributes include:


* An ability to think and react quickly
* An ability to remain calm in stressful situations
* An interest in law enforcement and crime prevention
* Being physically fit


ADVANCED RESPONSIBILITIES


Advanced level Internment/Resettlement Specialist provides guidance, supervises and trains other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level I/R Specialist, you may be involved in:


* Supervise and establish all administrative, logistical and food support operations, confinement/correctional, custodial, treatment, and rehabilitative activities
* Responsible for all personnel working in the confinement/correctional facility, including security, logistical, and administrative management of the prisoner/internee population
* Provide command and control, staff planning, administration/logistical services, and custody/control for the operation of an Enemy Prisoner of War/Civilian Internee (EPW/CI) camp
* Provide command and control, staff planning, administration/logistical services, and custody/control for the operation of detention facility or the operation of a displaced civilian (DC) resettlement facility


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RELATED CIVILIAN JOBS


The skills you'll learn as an Internment/Resettlement Specialist will help prepare you for a future with federal, state, county or city law enforcement agencies or the federal penal system. You might also be able to pursue a career as a security guard with industrial firms, airports or other businesses and institutions.

31E: Corrections Specialist


Major Duties: The corrections specialist controls, supervises, and counsels military prisoners and manages confinement operations and correctional treatment programs. Duties for MOS 31E at each level of skill are:


* Skill Levels
o Skill Level 1 MOSC 31E1O. Assists with supervision and management of military prisoners, and provides external security to confinement/ corrections facility.


o Skill Level 2 MOSC 31E2O. Supervises, counsels and manages military prisoners in confinement/correction facilities.


o Skill Level 3 MOSC 31E3O. Supervises confinement facility operations, counseling, management, training and employment of military prisoners in confinement/corrections facility.


o Skill Level 4 MOSC 31E4O. Supervises confinement facility operations and establishes procedures for counseling, management, training and employment of military prisoners in confinement/correction facility.


o Skill Level 5 MOSC 31E5O. Supervises and establishes procedures for all type activities within confinement/correction facility.


Physical demands rating and qualifications for initial award of MOS. The corrections specialist must possess the following qualifications:


(1) Physical Demands Rating: moderately heavy


(2) Physical Profile: 222221


(3) Red/green color discrimination.


(4) Minimum score of 100 in aptitude area ST.


(5) No court-martial convictions. No record of any disciplinary action under UCMJ which indicates behavior inconsistent with the high standards of corrections specialist.


(6) No record of more than 15 days lost under section 972-10-USC, appendix 3, MCM 1068.


(7) No record of civilian convictions other than minor traffic offenses.


(8) No information in Provost Marshal Office, Intelligence Office, Military Personnel Record Jacket (MPRJ) or medical records whch would prevent the granting of a security clearance under AR 604-5.


(9) No record of pre-trial intervention or conviction by military or civil court of the following:


(a) Any offense involving force or violence.


(b) Any offense listed under para 4-22, AR 601-210 (misdemeanor), or similar offense not listed for which the maximum possible sentence exceeds 4 months of confinement.


(c) Two or more offenses within 5 years prior to the date of enlistment listed under AR 601-210, para 4-21, (minor non-traffic), or similar offense not listed for which the maximum possible sentence is less than 4 months confinement.


(10) Must possess a valid statemotor vehicle operator.


(11) Minimum age of 18 at time of entrance on active duty.


(12) No medically diagnosed history of alcoholism, psychotic disorders, antisocial behavior, objection to bearing and use of arms when necessary of any hehavioral characteristic which may be considered prejudicial to the reliable performance of corrections specialist duties.


(13) No record of possession or use of any narcotic or nonnarcotic drug as defined by Article 134, UCMJ and AR 600-50. (Personnel entering active duty may be granted waiver at Military Entrance Processing Station by the PERSCOM Security Interviewed per DoD Policy on cannabis use).


(14) Formal training (completion of MOS 95C course conducted under the auspices of the Commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School) mandatory.


MOS 31E had the alphanumeric designator of 95C prior to fiscal year 2004.


The major duties, physical demands, physical profile, and skill levels were obtained from Army Pamphlet 611-21.

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