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

Tasks for “Reformatory Attendant”

• 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.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• 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.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
• 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 mail for the presence of contraband.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Participate in required job training.
• 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.
• Settle disputes between inmates.
• Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
• Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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