Crizbibble t1_ixfraf5 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 2:37 AM

Reply to comment by TikTrd in 3 White Georgia jail guards arrested in violent assault of Black inmate by AudibleNod

County jails are usually run by a Sheriff’s Department as they are the law enforcement for a county. Corrections Officer is usually a state job and they deal with prisons where people are doing a year or longer sentences. Local PD also have jail guards or officers but correctional officers I’m pretty sure are state. This wouldn’t apply here I don’t think but maybe. I don’t know this state’s organization

TikTrd t1_ixfruur wrote on November 23, 2022 at 2:42 AM

Yeah, it gets confusing. You can be a Sheriff's Deputy, which is a licensed law enforcement position. Or you can be a jailer with the Sheriff's Department, which isn't a licensed law enforcement position. They work the jail & not in the community like deputies

Crizbibble t1_ixfsmgf wrote on November 23, 2022 at 2:48 AM

So in a county setting a jailer isn’t supervising the person because they are innocent until proven guilty I assume but they do other tasks needed to run the facility like finger prints, food service, medical but under the supervision of a sheriff’s department and it’s deputies. Same thing would go for city jails until they can be transferred to county jails.

In the state lock ups a correctional officer is both supervising and administering that facility. Those usually have felons that have been convicted of a crime and the window is greater than 1 year.

TikTrd t1_ixfttys wrote on November 23, 2022 at 2:58 AM

Convicted people still go to county jail. Just for shorter terms. But yeah, they're also in there with people awaiting trial.

Sheriff's Dept Correctional Officers aren't sworn personnel like deputies. They don't have powers of arrest & aren't licensed peace officers. They do the same function as a state correctional officer - supervise inmates & run the facility.