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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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