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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
• 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 “Juvenile Detention Officer”

• 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.
• Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
• 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.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Participate in required job training.
• 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.
• 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.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• 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.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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