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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
• Station Jailer
• 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 “Turnkey”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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