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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
• Youth Corrections 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 Officer
• Correctional Lieutenant
• Correctional Guard
• Correctional Captain
• Correction Officer
• Convict Guard
• Community Services Officer
• Civilian Jail Officer
• Certified Detention Deputy
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Correctional Officer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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