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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
• 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 “Police Detention Attendant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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