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

Tasks for “Immigration Guard”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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