Also called: Prison librarian
Runs the library inside a prison or jail, providing books, legal research materials, and education support.
Prison librarians help incarcerated people research their own legal cases, recommend books, support GED and college programs, and run reading groups. It's a little-known, meaningful job.
Estimate; state or federal pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in any subject plus a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS/MLS, 1-2 years).
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Library Science, Criminal Justice, Social Work.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). BLS projects ~3% growth for librarians and library media specialists.
Low risk for 10 years. Tech is limited inside prisons, and helping incarcerated people with legal research and reading stays human.
Classes: Government, Sociology, AP English Language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4022.
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