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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
• 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 “Gang Pusher”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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