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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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