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

Tasks for “Corrections Corporal”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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