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TASK
Correctional Officers and Jailers
ID
work_protective_service/correctional_officers_and_jailers
Type
TASK
Children
27
Child Nodes (27)
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Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
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Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
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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.
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Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
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Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
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Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidents of inmate disturbance, keeping daily logs of prisoner activities.
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Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
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Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.
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Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.
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Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment, such as a computer.
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Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
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Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport.
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Participate in required job training.
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Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners.
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Settle disputes between inmates.
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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.
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Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites.
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Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests.
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Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed.
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Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates.
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Arrange daily schedules for prisoners, including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.
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Search for and recapture escapees.
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Process or book convicted individuals into prison.
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Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers.
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Take fingerprints of arrestees, prisoners, or the general public.
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Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.
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