Dayon Thomas
Houston,TX
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Focused Correctional facilities professional versed in maintaining safety and order in high-tension environments. Completes head counts and cell inspections to meet objectives and promote continuous safety.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dentention Officer
Houston Processing Center
Houston, TX
11.2021 - Current
- Supervised inmates during recreational activities, providing guidance when needed.
- Provided support and assistance to fellow officers during emergency situations.
- Maintained records of incident reports and daily logs to document inmate activity.
- Escorted inmates from one area of the detention center to another safely and securely.
- Patrolled areas within the detention center on foot or by vehicle to monitor security levels.
- Assisted in the intake of new inmates, ensuring all necessary paperwork was completed and filed correctly.
- Conducted searches of cells for contraband items such as drugs, weapons or other prohibited materials.
- Performed administrative duties such as filing, data entry, mail sorting and answering telephones.
Education
Associate of Science - Life Science
Sul Ross State University
Alpine, TXSkills
- Facility monitoring
- Crisis Intervention
- Defensive techniques
- Inmate observation
- Surveillance
- Medical emergencies
- Emergency Response
- Inmate escorting
- Inmate Supervision
- De-Escalation Techniques
- Restraint Techniques
- Behavior Modification
Affiliations
I have been given the opportunities to travel and work at some of the different Corecivic facilities that may have been short staffed and have worked under different contracts.
Places i have been and their contracts :
- Citrus County Correctional (FL) - County and US Virgin Islanders inmates
- Cibola County Correctional (NM)- County and US Marshal inmates
- Torrance County Correctional (NM) - County , US Marshal , and ICE detainees
- Eloy Detention Center (AZ)- ICE detainees
- T Don Hutto Detention Center (TX)- ICE detainees
Accomplishments
Promoted to Detention Counselor
Job title
The Detention Counselor is a uniformed, security trained member of the Unit Management Team responsible for the inmates issues before they become significant matters, incidents or grievances. They wil ensure that services and programs are delivered to inmates to the unit at a time and manner designed.
Certification
- First Aid certification
- CPR certification
- Homeland security Clearance
- Trained to work in Segregation
Languages
Spanish
Limited
Timeline
Dentention Officer
Houston Processing Center
11.2021 - Current
Associate of Science - Life Science
Sul Ross State University