Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Even some youth offenders from the Lode ...

California's program is not without controversy, as the inmates are paid little for dangerous and difficult work. Many ...

How much do incarcerated firefighters in California make? Will they be able to get firefighting jobs upon release? Here’s ...

Hundreds of California prison inmates have joined firefighters in efforts to combat the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, which have scorched thousands of acres and killed 24 people since erupting on ...

Those numbers have dwindled in recent years due to a declining prison population. “Wildfires are a constant and formidable challenge for California, and the California Department of ...

Nearly 950 inmates are removing timber and brush in an attempt to slow the spread of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, ...

One of two involved suspects is serving a life sentence for murdering an inmate in 2019 at the same prison, according to state corrections officials.

California’s century-old prisoner firefighter program is drawing fresh criticism as hundreds of incarcerated people have been ...

About 900 of them are prison inmates ... Through the California Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, incarcerated people are among those risking their lives to fight the flames.

Over 1,100 California inmates have worked around the clock to help fight Los Angeles-area fires that have killed at least 25 ...

Prison inmates are helping in the fight against the California wildfires. CA Corrections Along with the professional firefighters who are battling the California wildfires, there are hundreds of ...