TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Are you ready for a challenging career?  Be a Correctional Officer

Basic Eligibility Criteria:

• Are you eligible to work in the United States?
• Are you at least 18 years old (no age maximum)?
• Do you have a High School Diploma or GED?

If your answer was "yes" to the above questions, please continue:

• Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
• Have you ever been convicted of a drug-related offense?
• Have you ever been convicted of an offense involving domestic violence?
• Have you had a class A or B misdemeanor conviction within the past five years. 
• Are you on probation for any criminal offense?
• Do you have any pending charges against you?
• Are you on active duty in the military?  (Answer "no" if you are on terminal leave or within six months of discharge.)

If you can answer "no" to the above questions, you may want to be a Correctional Officer!

Benefits:

• Uniforms and equipment are furnished at no cost
• Laundry of uniforms is furnished at no cost
• Group Life and Health Insurance
• Dental program available
• Legal Protection Plan
• Free meals while on duty
• Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays
• Retirement

APPLY TODAY!

• Visit our website: www.tdcj.state.tx.us
• Select Employment
• Select Request CO Screening
• Choose screening location and date
• Download and complete the employment application forms
• Bring your completed State of Texas Application for Employment Application Supplement, and all required forms to your scheduled Correctional Officer screening appointment

Full-Time CO Salary

** Higher starting salary for Bachelor's Degree or 2 years active military service

Click Here for Salary Information

* New part-time Correctional Officers attend the Training Academy for 6 weeks and on-the-job training at their unit of assignment for 2 weeks on a full-time basis.  During this period, officers receive full-time salary.  For any remaining part of the 2nd month of employment, the part-time salary is one-half of the full-time amount.

** Starting salary with Bachelor's degree or 2 years active military service.