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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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