Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...

About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across Southern California, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff through its Fire Camp Program.

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the system is seen as exploitative.

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

An incarcerated firefighter in Mill Creek, California ... burning across southern California. The number deployed - now 939 - are part of a long-running volunteer programme led by the California ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The first stages of a lawsuit have initiated against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after a hyper-violent ...

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do participants actually do and get paid?

The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California wildfires includes workers who could otherwise remain safely behind bars. As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by ...

An incarcerated firefighter in Mill Creek, California in August 2024 Nearly 1,000 incarcerated men and women have joined the frontlines in a battle against record-breaking wildfires burning across ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates.