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