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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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