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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
• Jail Officer
• 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
• Jailer
• 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 “Jailer”

• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
• 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.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• 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.
• Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• 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 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.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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