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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
• 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 “Prison Guard”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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