Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, ...

The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.

according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join thousands of firefighting and emergency ...

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

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

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 ...

Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They are paid a maximum of $10.24 a day, and receive an ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

Authorities started preparing the burn scars throughout Southern California, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena, with rain expected to hit LA County.

California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires that ...

The death toll surged late Sunday with an update from the Los Angeles County medical examiner. At least 16 people were ...

The incarcerated firefighter program is operated by the California Department of Corrections ... Rehabilitation, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Los Angeles ...