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

Tasks for “Corrections Sergeant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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