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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
• Turnkey
• 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 “Youth Corrections Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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