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First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Take, receive, or check periodic inmate counts.Mostly human for now
- 02Maintain order, discipline, and security within assigned areas in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, policies, and laws.Mostly human for now
- 03Maintain knowledge of, comply with, and enforce all institutional policies, rules, procedures, and regulations.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Respond to emergencies, such as escapes.Mostly human for now
- 05Supervise and direct the work of correctional officers to ensure the safe custody, discipline, and welfare of inmates.Mostly human for now
- 06Supervise or perform searches of inmates or their quarters to locate contraband items.Mostly human for now
- 07Monitor behavior of subordinates to ensure alert, courteous, and professional behavior toward inmates, parolees, fellow employees, visitors, and the public.Mostly human for now
- 08Restrain, secure, or control offenders, using chemical agents, firearms, or other weapons of force as necessary.Mostly human for now
- 09Carry injured offenders or employees to safety and provide emergency first aid when necessary.Mostly human for now
- 10Complete administrative paperwork or supervise the preparation or maintenance of records, forms, or reports.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss3%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
28%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 40% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 29% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Take, receive, or check periodic inmate counts.
- Maintain order, discipline, and security within assigned areas in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, policies, and laws.
- Respond to emergencies, such as escapes.