Over 900 inmates have been deployed.
Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...
As fires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, 939 incarcerated firefighters have joined the front lines to support ...
California uses incarcerated firefighters to help battle the wildfires, but these men and women are also fighting stigma.
State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.
Over 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” located across 25 counties in California, ...
California hopes to achieve billions in savings through reducing departments’ expenses and closing prison facilities.
Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are working to extinguish the massive blaze scorching Los Angeles. Here's how much they earn.
A 69-year-old man, who was convicted in a separate 2005 killing and is currently serving a life sentence in Arizona, was ...
These camps provide crucial support, particularly as California faces increasingly frequent and intense fire seasons. This year alone, incarcerated firefighters have helped combat fires threatening ...