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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 “Corrections Officer (CO)”

• 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.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Participate in required job training.
• Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and 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.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• 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.
• Settle disputes between inmates.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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