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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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