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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
- Reformatory Attendant
- Prison Officer
- 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 “Security Officer”
- Participate in required job training.
- Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
- Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
- Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
- Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
- Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
- 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.
- Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
- 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.
- Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
- Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
- Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
- Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
- Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
- 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.
- Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
- Search for and recapture escapees.
- Settle disputes between inmates.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Law enforcement handguns
- Law enforcement flashlights
- Mobile radios
- Electroshock weapons
- Tactical riot shields
- Metal handcuffs
- Protective gas masks
- Riot protection helmets
- Desktop computers
- Upper body armor
- Firefighting respirators
- Expandable batons
- Emergency fire extinguishers
- Emergency fire hoses
- Hearing protection plugs
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Stab proof vests
- Data collectors
- Tablet computers
- Laptop computers
- Protective safety glasses
- Lower body armor
- Air-supplying respirators
- Law enforcement rifles
- Personal computers
- Cut resistant gloves
- Leg irons
- Prisoner transport belts
- Law enforcement shotguns
- Surveillance cameras
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Jail management software
- Guardian RFID
- Corrections housing software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office
- 3M Electronic Monitoring
- Web browser software