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How exposed to AI is a Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialist?

Of the 21 tasks O*NET lists for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists, 6 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 8 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Adult Probation OfficerCorrectional CounselorDeputy Probation Officer (DPO)Juvenile Probation OfficerParole AgentParole Officer (PO)Probation AgentProbation and Parole OfficerProbation CounselorProbation Officer
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
21
tasks rated for this occupation
90%
hold a degree, from a survey of 37
92k
people do this job in the US
4 of 14
least protected in community and social work

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

6
  • Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders
  • Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations
  • Write reports describing offenders' progress
  • Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities
  • Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders
  • Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences

Only with software built on top

7
  • Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender
  • Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole
  • Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them
  • Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions
  • Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance
  • Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives
  • Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender

Cannot be sped up

8
  • Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information
  • Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans
  • Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior
  • Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school
  • Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure
  • Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments
  • Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs
  • Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

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Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET 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. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.