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

Tasks for “Correctional Lieutenant”

• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Participate in required job training.
• 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.
• Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
• 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.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance, and keep daily logs of prisoner activities.
• 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.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and 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.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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