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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
• Deputy Jailer
• 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
• Detention Deputy
• 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 “Detention Deputy”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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