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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
• 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
• Correction Officer
• Convict Guard
• Community Services Officer
• Civilian Jail Officer
• Certified Detention Deputy
• Booking Officer

Tasks for “Correctional Captain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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