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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
• 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 “Cottage Master”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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