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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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