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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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