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