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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 Watch
• 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 Watchman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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