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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
• Custody Assistant
• Corrections Officer (CO)
• Correctional Sergeant
• Correctional Officer
• 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 Jailer
• 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 “Deputy Jailer”

• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
• 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.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• 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.
• Participate in required job training.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• 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.
• 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.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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