correctional officer

American  

Or correction officer,

noun

1. an officer of a jail or prison, especially a guard.

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Etymology

Origin of correctional officer

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

During testimony last week, Tomas Rivers, a correctional officer from State Correctional Institution Huntingdon, where Mangione was first held, described conversations he had with the accused, according to Rolling Stone:

From Salon

The court also heard from a correctional officer at the jail where Mr Mangione was being held who said he appeared "unbothered and logical" as the two discussed literature and health care, though Mr Mangione did not give his opinion on the latter topic.

From BBC

Is correctional officer the job someone applies for when they have made all the right life choices?

From Slate

“They’re causing the issue by keeping them in counties, so they say their numbers are down, so they’re closing prisons,” said Correctional Officer Jeremiah Rohbock, who wrote the initial letter.

From Los Angeles Times

When the correctional officer wheeled the chow cart past my cell on a Thursday morning, without placing a bagged breakfast on my food slot, I knew that it meant I had to stay for the weekend while the guys I had arrived there with transferred out—at this, I shouted a bone-chilling “Noooo!”

From Slate

Related Words

• prison guard