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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
• 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 “Gate Guard”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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