Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers?
Estimated risk score: 34 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (15 to 53).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 23 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 33-1011.00 · Protective Service
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 6 of its 23 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Complete administrative paperwork or supervise the preparation or maintenance of records, forms, or reports.
- Set up employee work schedules.
- Examine incoming or outgoing mail to ensure conformance with regulations.
- Conduct evaluations of employees' performance.
- Convey correctional officers' or inmates' complaints to superiors.
- Maintain knowledge of, comply with, and enforce all institutional policies, rules, procedures, and regulations.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 15 of its 23 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Carry injured offenders or employees to safety and provide emergency first aid when necessary.
- Respond to emergencies, such as escapes.
- Restrain, secure, or control offenders, using chemical agents, firearms, or other weapons of force as necessary.
- Supervise activities, such as searches, shakedowns, riot control, or institutional tours.
- Supervise or perform searches of inmates or their quarters to locate contraband items.
- Supervise or provide security for offenders performing tasks, such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, or other industrial or agricultural operations.
What the job is
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.
Also called: Correctional Supervisor, Correctional Officer Captain, Ward Supervisor, Correction Warden, Detention Director, Detention Supervisor, Prison Guard Supervisor, Juvenile Justice Supervisor.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate