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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
• 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 “Gate Guard”

• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• 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.
• Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• 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.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• Participate in required job training.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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