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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 Guard
- Correctional Captain
- Correction Officer
- Convict Guard
- Community Services Officer
- Civilian Jail Officer
- Certified Detention Deputy
- Booking Officer
Tasks for “Correctional Lieutenant”
- Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
- Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
- Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
- Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
- Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
- Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
- Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
- Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
- 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.
- 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.
- Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
- Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
- Participate in required job training.
- 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.
- Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
- Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
- Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
- Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
- Search for and recapture escapees.
- Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
- Settle disputes between inmates.
- Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
- 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.
- Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
Related Technology & Tools
- Tactical riot shields
- Law enforcement shotguns
- Mobile radios
- Hearing protection plugs
- Expandable batons
- Leg irons
- Data collectors
- Protective safety glasses
- Upper body armor
- Emergency fire hoses
- Riot protection helmets
- Electroshock weapons
- Stab proof vests
- Law enforcement rifles
- Protective gas masks
- Law enforcement handguns
- Tablet computers
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Personal computers
- Air-supplying respirators
- Law enforcement flashlights
- Surveillance cameras
- Firefighting respirators
- Metal handcuffs
- Laptop computers
- Prisoner transport belts
- Lower body armor
- Desktop computers
- Cut resistant gloves
- Emergency fire extinguishers
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Jail management software
- 3M Electronic Monitoring
- Guardian RFID
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Web browser software
- Corrections housing software