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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 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 Officer”
- Participate in required job training.
- Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
- Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
- Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
- Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
- Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
- Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
- Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
- Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
- Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
- Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
- Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
- Search for and recapture escapees.
- Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
- Settle disputes between inmates.
- Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
- Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
- Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
- Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
- Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
- 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.
- Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laptop computers
- Tablet computers
- Mobile radios
- Desktop computers
- Cut resistant gloves
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Leg irons
- Lower body armor
- Emergency fire extinguishers
- Stab proof vests
- Hearing protection plugs
- Upper body armor
- Protective safety glasses
- Tactical riot shields
- Air-supplying respirators
- Personal computers
- Protective gas masks
- Data collectors
- Law enforcement rifles
- Firefighting respirators
- Law enforcement shotguns
- Surveillance cameras
- Law enforcement handguns
- Riot protection helmets
- Metal handcuffs
- Prisoner transport belts
- Expandable batons
- Emergency fire hoses
- Law enforcement flashlights
- Electroshock weapons
- Guardian RFID
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- 3M Electronic Monitoring
- Microsoft Office
- Jail management software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Corrections housing software
- Microsoft Word
- Web browser software