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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
• Security Officer
• 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 “Station Jailer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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