Officers-in-training weigh in on TDCJ raises for starting guards

HUNTSVILLE — For Shanna Brown, the news was a welcome surprise.
Less than two weeks on the job, and she’d already gotten a raise — along with the rest of her cadet class.
“It was an extra blessing,” the mother of three said with a smile last week between classes at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s six-week officer training program.The 26-year-old is one of a few hundred future corrections officers already benefiting from the department’s effort