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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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