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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 Captain
• Correction Officer
• Convict Guard
• Community Services Officer
• Civilian Jail Officer
• Certified Detention Deputy
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Correctional Guard”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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