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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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