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Job Description

Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 33-3012.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,750.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
• Currently, there are 431,600 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Correctional Officers and Jailers”.

Also Known As…

• Correctional Officers and Jailers
• Jailor
• Jailer
• Jail Officer
• Detention Officer
• Detention Deputy
• Deputy Jailer
• Custody Assistant
• Corrections Officer (CO)
• Correctional Sergeant
• Correctional Officer
• Youth Corrections Officer
• Turnkey
• Station Jailer
• Security Officer
• Reformatory Attendant
• Prison Officer
• Prison Guard
• Police Matron
• Police Detention Attendant
• Penal Officer
• Patrol Conductor
• Matron
• Juvenile Detention Officer
• Jailkeeper
• Jailer/Training Officer
• Jail Guard
• Immigration Services Officer
• Immigration Guard
• Guard
• Gate Watchman
• Gate Watch
• Gate Guard
• Gang Pusher
• Deputy
• Custodial Officer
• Cottage Supervisor
• Cottage Parent
• Cottage Master
• Corrections Specialist
• Corrections Sergeant
• Corrections Corporal
• Correctional Lieutenant
• Correctional Guard
• Correctional Captain
• Correction Officer
• Convict Guard
• Community Services Officer
• Civilian Jail Officer
• Certified Detention Deputy
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Custody Assistant”

• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Participate in required job training.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
• Provide to supervisors oral and written reports of the quality and quantity of work performed by inmates, inmate disturbances and rule violations, and unusual occurrences.
• Monitor conduct of prisoners in housing unit, or during work or recreational activities, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
• Search for and recapture escapees.

Related Technology & Tools

• Leg irons
• Electroshock weapons
• Air-supplying respirators
• Stab proof vests
• Metal handcuffs
• Expandable batons
• Hearing protection plugs
• Prisoner transport belts
• Tablet computers
• Firefighting respirators
• Emergency fire extinguishers
• Protective safety glasses
• Lower body armor
• Law enforcement shotguns
• Mobile radios
• Radio frequency identification RFID devices
• Law enforcement rifles
• Emergency fire hoses
• Upper body armor
• Desktop computers
• Tactical riot shields
• Riot protection helmets
• Protective gas masks
• Cut resistant gloves
• Laptop computers
• Data collectors
• Law enforcement flashlights
• Law enforcement handguns
• Surveillance cameras
• Personal computers

• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Corrections housing software
• 3M Electronic Monitoring
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Guardian RFID
• Web browser software
• Jail management software