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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
• 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 “Jailer/Training Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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