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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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