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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
• Immigration Services Officer
• 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 “Jail Guard”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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