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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 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 “Gate Watch”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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