Correctional Officers and Jailers
Protective Service Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 33-3012.00
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.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.14
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Show 25 hidden tasks26 rated tasks · 8 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (30.8%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment such as a computer.33-3012.00 | 0.0856100.0 | 0.1167100.0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
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.O*NET Task ID 2109 | 1.0 |
Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges.O*NET Task ID 2117 | 1.0 |
Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidents of inmate disturbance, keeping daily logs of prisoner activities.O*NET Task ID 15255 | 1.0 |
Participate in required job training.O*NET Task ID 15258 | 1.0 |
Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment, such as a computer.O*NET Task ID 15261 | 1.0 |
Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.O*NET Task ID 2104 | 0.5 |
Arrange daily schedules for prisoners, including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments.O*NET Task ID 2112 | 0.5 |
Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates.O*NET Task ID 2116 | 0.5 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (27)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Guard facility entrances to screen visitors. | Core |
| Inspect mail for the presence of contraband. | Core |
| Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport. | Core |
| Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners. | Core |
| Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections. | Core |
| 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. | Core |
| Settle disputes between inmates. | Core |
| Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites. | Core |
| Arrange daily schedules for prisoners, including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments. | Core |
| Assign duties to inmates, providing instructions as needed. | Core |
| Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates. | Core |
| Maintain records of prisoners' identification and charges. | Core |
| Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present. | Core |
| 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. | Core |
| Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes. | Core |
| Record information, such as prisoner identification, charges, and incidents of inmate disturbance, keeping daily logs of prisoner activities. | Core |
| Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs. | Core |
| Participate in required job training. | Core |
| Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners. | Core |
| Counsel inmates and respond to legitimate questions, concerns, and requests. | Core |
| Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment, such as a computer. | Core |
| Search for and recapture escapees. | Supplemental |
| Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates. | Supplemental |
| Supervise and coordinate work of other correctional service officers. | Supplemental |
| Sponsor inmate recreational activities, such as newspapers and self-help groups. | Supplemental |
| Process or book convicted individuals into prison. | Supplemental |
| Take fingerprints of arrestees, prisoners, or the general public. | Supplemental |
0.21/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Guard facility entrances to screen visitors. | E0 none |
| Inspect mail for the presence of contraband. | E0 none |
| Take prisoners into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or airport. | E0 none |
| Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among prisoners. | E0 none |
| Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections. | E0 none |
| Settle disputes between inmates. | E0 none |
| Drive passenger vehicles and trucks used to transport inmates to other institutions, courtrooms, hospitals, and work sites. | E3 unstructured settings |
| Issue clothing, tools, and other authorized items to inmates. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| 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. | E0 none |
| Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs. | E0 none |
| Participate in required job training. | E0 none |
| Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and dispense prescribed medication to prisoners. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Search for and recapture escapees. | E0 none |
| Investigate crimes that have occurred within an institution, or assist police in their investigations of crimes and inmates. | E0 none |
| Process or book convicted individuals into prison. | E0 none |
| Take fingerprints of arrestees, prisoners, or the general public. | E0 none |
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