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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
• Civilian Jail Officer
• Certified Detention Deputy
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Community Services Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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