Will “Correctional Officers and Jailers” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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

Also Known As…

• Jailor
• Jailer
• 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
• 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 “Correctional Officers and Jailers”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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