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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
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Certified Detention Deputy”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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