Specific tasks and privileges are accorded to Prefects in the Harry PottrerPotter books. On the journey to [[../../Places/Hogwarts_School_of_Witchcraft_and_Wizardry|Hogwarts]] on the Hogwarts Express, prefects have a special compartment at the head of the train; they are expected to gather there at the start of the voyagetrip, to receive instructions presumably, and then periodically patrol the corridors of the train to keep the rowdiness down. While they are also presumably expected to do the same during the return trip, no mention is made of this in any of the books, even by [[../../Characters/Hermione_Granger|Hermione]], who at all other times is punctilious about her duties. Prefects are charged with maintaining order in the common rooms as well as in the hallways of the castle, and are also responsible for making sure the lower grades learn their way around the castle in the early part of the year. One privilege of being a Prefect is that you have access to the Prefect's bathroom, as [[../../Characters/Harry_Potter|Harry]] finds out in [[../../Books/Goblet_of_Fire|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]. <!-- note: chapter reference -->
