Correctional Officers and Jailers
Forward-deployed confinement experience in humane detainee custody, escort operations, restraints, and cell extraction procedures transfers directly to correctional custody work.
How to prepare: Review a target agency's entry and academy application process; entry typically requires a high school diploma, academy training, and on-the-job training. Minimum age, state certification, and education or experience conditions vary by agency; federal prisons require a bachelor's degree or qualifying experience in counseling, assistance, or supervision, and federal agencies may impose a maximum entry age.
What the civilian work involves
- Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
- 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.