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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
• 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
• Custody Assistant
• 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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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