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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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