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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 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 “Detention Deputy”

• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• 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.
• Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
• Participate in required job training.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• 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.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• 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.
• Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• 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.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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