Inmate who walked away from fire camp in L.A. County apprehended
An inmate serving a 16-year sentence for firearms charges was apprehended Thursday morning after he walked away from the ...
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On LA fire lines, some inmates tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
Inmates become firefighters for the chance to cut time off their sentences, to get outside the prison walls and for training ...
'We got blindsided': Galt family wants drunk driver who paralyzed teenager to serve full sentence
The family of a Galt teenager left paralyzed after being hit by a drunk driver in March 2022 is trying to keep that driver in ...
LA Times on MSN13d
‘This has been really devastating’: Inside the lives of incarcerated firefighters battling the L.A. wildfires
Incarcerated firefighters currently battling the Eaton Fire and are stationed at a base camp at the Rose Bowl.
California depends on prison labor to deal with climate disasters—Canada must avoid a similar model
As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...
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California’s Incarcerated Fire Crews: “Why Won’t People Just Recognize Us?”
Some 1,100 prison recruits are battling LA's infernos, risking life and health for less than $2 an hour—yet still the jobs ...