CDCR Reports Incarcerated Person Walks Away from Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County – Received from Kern County in 2022 ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has just announced that 783 inmates have been temporarily released to become firefighters and help fight the fires that have been ...
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
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?
By Cayla Mihalovich, CalMatters About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across ...
As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners, working as “incarcerated firefighters,” are among the emergency responders fighting the blazes, the ...
"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." ...
As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...
The wildfires that have taken over Los Angeles are still active, but in the midst of it all, John Legend took some time to ...
Incarcerated firefighters play a crucial role in a state where wildfires seemingly get worse every year. But the state’s ...