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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 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 Specialist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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