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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
• Certified Detention Deputy
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Civilian Jail Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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