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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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