Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...
More than 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” ...
More than 1,000 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) incarcerated firefighters have been working ...
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff ...
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the ...
Nearly 1,000 incarcerated men and women have joined the frontlines in a battle against record-breaking wildfires burning ...
As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California ... or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County ...
Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Even some youth offenders from the Lode have joined the battle.
Among the thousands of firefighters battling the relentless wind-driven blazes in Southern California ... is operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the California ...
About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across Southern California, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join ...