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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 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 Sergeant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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