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Security & Protection

Prison Officer

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80% of people earn:
214K - 405K NGN
10% earn less lthan 214K NGN
10% earns more than 405K NGN

Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Nigeria.paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Prison Officer position in the Nigeria earn between 213,637 NGN and 405,359 NGN monthly gross.

10% of employees earn less than 213,637 NGN and 10% of people earn more than 405,359 NGN.

The survey is based on data from employees, cleaned of extreme and duplicate values.

Description of job position

  • Monitoring the behaviour and movement of prisoners during the breaks for meals, sports activities, work activities and visits.
  • Performing personal searches of prisoners and prison cells, confiscating illegal items, narcotics and psychotropic substances, weapons and valuables.
  • Checking the security prison cells, gates, locks, bars.
  • Escorting prisoners from custodial institution to enforcement of custody/imprisonment to court proceedings, medical examinations, etc.
  • Applying coercive measures in the event of an outbreak of riots, physical assaults, escape attempts, etc.

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Position Prison Officer - Security & Protection in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

320. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

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791. place

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Salary group 2

213,637 - 405,359 NGN

319. place

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