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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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