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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
• 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
• 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

Tasks for “Booking Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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