Also called: Prison Librarian
Runs libraries inside prisons, helping incarcerated people read, learn, and prepare legal cases.
Delivers books on a cart to cell blocks, helps someone research their legal appeal, and runs a GED reading group.
Estimate; government pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. MLIS; some positions accept a bachelor's.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Library Science, Criminal Justice.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. Helping incarcerated people read, learn and research appeals is human service inside a secure setting.
Classes: AP Government, AP English Language, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4022.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.