Up to $5,000 Recruiting Bonus for New Correctional Officers
$4,000 Bonus Eligible Units
- Briscoe
- Cotulla
- Daniel
- Gist
- Hobby
- Jordan
- LeBlanc
- Neal
- Powledge
- Roach
- Wallace
$5,000 Bonus Eligible Units
- Allred
- Beto
- Clements
- Coffield
- Connally
- Dalhart
- Eastham
- Ellis
- Estelle
- Ferguson
- Lewis
- McConnell
- Michael
- Polunsky
- Robertson
- Smith
- Stiles
- Telford
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 April 27, 2018,
- 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: 04/28/2018