Is the position of "prison correctional officer" recruited by civil servants considered a police officer?

"Prison correction officers" are police officers and belong to the judicial police.

Prison correctional officers work on the front line of prisons, managing and educating criminals. This refers to the supervision, education and management of prisoners' labor, study, daily life and other aspects. Generally, there are 1-3 days of rest per week (including compensatory time off for working night shifts, so there are only 3 days), but rest is not fixed on Saturdays and Sundays. Inmates in the prison must be supervised 24 hours a day, so sometimes they have to work night shifts, and police are also on duty on Saturdays and Sundays. Usually, he takes criminals to start and finish work, and takes criminals to meet or attend classes.

China’s police include two categories: armed police and people’s police.

"Public security" broadly refers to the people's police, which is divided into public security police managed by the public security department (i.e. "public security" in the narrow sense, including public security, household registration, criminal investigation, transportation, etc.), and national security managed by the national security department. There are three main categories: the police and the judicial police of the court and procuratorate system.

The people's police are national civil servants. They implement the police rank system of police supervisor, police inspector, superintendent, and police officer. Their uniforms are mainly black. The full name of the Armed Police Force is the Chinese People's Armed Police Force. It is part of the Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China and is a force responsible for security and protection tasks assigned by the state. It is under the dual leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.