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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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