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$3,000 Recruiting Bonus for New Correctional Officers

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Bonus Eligible Units$3,000 Recruiting Bonus for New COs at Select Units

  • Connally

  • Dalhart

  • Daniel

  • Ft. Stockton

  • Lynaugh

  • McConnell

  • Smith

  • Stiles

  • Wallace

  • Ware

View the map for the current bonus eligible units.

Who is eligible to sign a Bonus Contract?

  • Full-time COs who were newly hired or graduated from the academy on or after November 15, 2012,

  • TDCJ retirees who rehired as full-time CO after 90 calendar days of retirement from TDCJ, or

  • TDCJ former employees rehired as full-time COs after one year of separation from TDCJ.

What are the terms?

  • You must be eligible to receive the recruitment bonus.

  • You must sign a contract agreeing to work at an understaffed correctional facility for one year from the date of bonus payment.

  • You must repay the bonus in-full or partially if employment with TDCJ ends before one year from the date of bonus payment.

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Page update: 11/16/2012

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