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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 Deputy
- 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 Officer
- 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 Officer”
- Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
- Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
- Participate in required job training.
- Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
- Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
- Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
- Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
- Search for and recapture escapees.
- Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
- Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
- Settle disputes between inmates.
- Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
- Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
- 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.
- Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
- Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
- Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
- 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.
- Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
- Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
- Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
- Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
- Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
- 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.
- Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
Related Technology & Tools
- Lower body armor
- Stab proof vests
- Tactical riot shields
- Cut resistant gloves
- Surveillance cameras
- Upper body armor
- Protective safety glasses
- Riot protection helmets
- Desktop computers
- Law enforcement shotguns
- Emergency fire extinguishers
- Law enforcement handguns
- Mobile radios
- Leg irons
- Firefighting respirators
- Laptop computers
- Law enforcement rifles
- Emergency fire hoses
- Hearing protection plugs
- Expandable batons
- Protective gas masks
- Personal computers
- Data collectors
- Law enforcement flashlights
- Metal handcuffs
- Tablet computers
- Electroshock weapons
- Air-supplying respirators
- Prisoner transport belts
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Corrections housing software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Jail management software
- Web browser software
- Guardian RFID
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Access
- 3M Electronic Monitoring