How do they match: Correctional Officers and Jailers

  • Youth Corrections Officer
  • Station Jailer

  • Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment, such as a computer.
  • 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.
  • Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidents of inmate disturbance, keeping daily logs of prisoner activities.

  • Use weapons or physical force to maintain security.
  • Collect information about clients.
  • Record information about suspects or criminals.