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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
• Guard
• Gate Watchman
• 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 “Immigration Guard”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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