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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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