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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 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 “Gate Watch”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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