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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
• 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 “Matron”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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