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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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