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