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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 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 “Cottage Supervisor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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