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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 Guard
• 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 Officer”

• Participate in required job training.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• 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.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• 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.
• 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.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
• Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• 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.
• Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• 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.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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