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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 Guard
• 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 Services Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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