How do they match: Correctional Officers and Jailers

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  • 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.
  • Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
  • 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.
  • Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
  • Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.

  • Prepare activity or work schedules.
  • Use weapons or physical force to maintain security.