A growing inmate population is causing employment of correctional officers to increase. Search inmates and their living quarters for weapons or drugs, to settle disputes between inmates, and to enforce discipline. Monitor inmates' activities, including working, exercising, eating, and showering.
Many prisons are overcrowded, hot, and noisy.
Confrontations with inmates. Perform strip searches. Overcrowding riles inmates, strains prison guards, encourages the spread of illness and generally makes prisons more volatile place.