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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
• 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 “Jailkeeper”

• Settle disputes between inmates.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• 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.
• 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.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• 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.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• 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.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• 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.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Participate in required job training.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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