Prison officers must maintain order and daily operations of the facility and are responsible for the care, custody, and control of inmates.

An officer must always prevent disturbances, assaults, and escapes by supervising activities and work assignments of inmates.

Officers can utilize prevention by routinely searching inmates and their living quarters for potential threats such as weapons, drugs, or other contraband.

Officers check for unsanitary conditions, fire hazards, and/or any evidence of tampering or damage to locks, bars, grilles, doors, and gates.

All prison staff, regardless of position, volunteers, visitors, new court commit, and offenders returning from off ground, are searched prior to entry.

These routine searches often employ hand held or walk through metal detectors, and baggage x-ray machines.

Under certain instances, a canine, pat/frisk, full strip, and vehicle (if parked on facility grounds) search may be conducted.

Correction officers are responsible for transporting inmates to other facilities, medical appointments, court appearances, and other approved locations.