2024年10月29日 · This page contains the eligibility criteria for employment as a TDCJ Corrrectional Officer. If you are ready for a challenging career, apply for a Correctional Officer position.

2023年3月21日 · The Texas Department of Criminal Justice offers employment opportunities in many professional and technical areas. Use the TDCJ Job Search to obtain information about …

The TDCJ has over 100 prison units throughout the state and employs approximately 20,000 Correctional Officers. If you want a good paying job with benefits, stability, promotion opportunities, and the chance to perform challenging and important work, a Correctional Officer position may be for you.

2025年1月15日 · Texas prisons were so short-staffed in 2023, the state had to shuttle correctional officers to far-flung facilities where guard shifts couldn’t be filled locally. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice bill for hotels and travel meals that year came to nearly $14 million, double what it was the year before.

2023年11月6日 · Thirteen guards from a Texas prison have been fired or resigned after the beating of an inmate that left him hospitalized — likely for the rest of his life. Several eyewitnesses along with former staff said staffing and training issues are leading to more violence. TDCJ denied the incident was due to staffing or training.

2023年9月25日 · The Texas prison system’s inspector general launched a criminal investigation into an assault that left an inmate hospitalized for more than two weeks and has seen 13 guards being terminated or resigning. On Sept. 5, an inmate at the Coffield Unit — two hours southeast of Dallas — stabbed a guard.

2023年11月8日 · Thirteen guards from a North Texas prison were fired or resigned after a brutal beating in September left an inmate in a coma, likely for the rest of his life.

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2024年2月1日 · Annual pay for a prison guard with the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) starts at $42,000, yet TDCJ reports more than a quarter of the jobs are unfilled. So now the agency is shopping for new guards in high schools. With low-skill jobs scarce, a student just out of high school with no college plans is a prime candidate for TDCJ.

2025年1月15日 · The recommendations come after a report in September found that up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some Texas prisons and that TDCJ staff has a 26% turnover rate. The report found...