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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
• 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 “Custodial Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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