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