Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institution 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.

Other names for Correctional Officers and Jailers: Booking Officer, Community Services Officer, Convict Guard, Correctional Corporal, Correctional Guard, Correctional Officer, Correctional Sergeant, Corrections Corporal, Corrections Officer (CO), Corrections Specialist, Cottage Master, Cottage Parent, Cottage Supervisor, Custodial Officer, Custody Assistant, Deputy, Deputy Jailer, Deputy Sheriff, Detention Deputy, Detention Enforcement Officer, Detention Officer, Gang Pusher, Gate Guard, Gate Watch, Gate Watchman, Guard, Immigration Guard, Jail Guard, Jail Officer, Jail Supervisor, Jailer, Jailer/Training Officer, Jailkeeper, Jailor, Juvenile Corrections Officer, Juvenile Detention Officer, Lock Up Keeper, Matron, Patrol Conductor, Penal Officer, Police Matron, Police Officer, Prison Guard, Public Safety Officer, Reformatory Attendant, Security Guard, Security Officer, Turnkey, Youth Corrections Officer,

• Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
• Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
• Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
• Serve meals and distribute commissary items to prisoners.
• Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
• Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
• Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
• Sponsor inmate recreational activities such as newspapers and self-help groups.
• Monitor conduct of prisoners, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, in order to prevent escape or violence.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities, in order to ensure that they will prevent escapes.
• Search prisoners, cells, and vehicles for weapons, valuables, or drugs.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
• Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• 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.
• Settle disputes between inmates.