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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
• Community Services Officer
• Civilian Jail Officer
• Certified Detention Deputy
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Convict Guard”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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