How do they match: Correctional Officers and Jailers

  • Correctional Officers and Jailers

  • Prison Officer
  • Prison Guard
  • Booking Officer
  • Civilian Jail Officer
  • Community Corrections Officer
  • Community Services Officer
  • Confinement Officer
  • Correctional Officer
  • Correctional Officer Lieutenant
  • Correctional Officer Sergeant
  • Correctional Officer Specialist
  • Corrections Officer
  • Custodial Officer
  • Detention Officer
  • Immigration Services Officer
  • Jail Officer
  • Juvenile Correctional Officer
  • Juvenile Corrections Officer
  • Juvenile Detention Officer
  • Juvenile Justice Detention Officer
  • Penal Officer
  • Protective Services Officer
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Security Officer
  • Training Officer
  • Youth Corrections Officer

  • 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.

  • Arrange daily schedules for prisoners, including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
  • Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
  • Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
  • 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.
  • Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
  • Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidents of inmate disturbance, keeping daily logs of prisoner activities.
  • Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
  • Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
  • Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
  • Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
  • Take fingerprints of arrestees, prisoners, or the general public.
  • Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.

  • Count prison inmates or personnel.
  • Escort prisoners to courtrooms, prisons, or other facilities.