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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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