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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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