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Will AI replace Correctional Officers and Jailers?

AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.

25/100

Moderate exposure

More exposed to AI than 42% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
37% of the work

What the job involves

Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Within reach(9)

  • Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present.
  • Monitor conduct of prisoners in housing unit, or during work or recreational activities, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
  • Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidents of inmate disturbance, keeping daily logs of prisoner activities.
  • Provide to supervisors oral and written reports of the quality and quantity of work performed by inmates, inmate disturbances and rule violations, and unusual occurrences.
  • Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment, such as a computer.

and 4 more

Out of reach(17)

  • Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes.
  • Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
  • Participate in required job training.
  • Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
  • Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners.

and 12 more

Also called

Corrections Officer (CO) · Detention Officer · CO · Patrol Conductor · Correctional Officer · Detention Deputy · Convict Guard · Correction Officer

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What these numbers mean

The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.

“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.

The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.

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