The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

SEE ALSO: Inmate firefighters who battle fires like ... show will be donated to the Pasadena Humane Society, California Fire Department, LAFD Foundation, and the Anti-Recidivism Coalition ...

ABC 10News reporter Dani Miskell spoke to the inmate firefighters who are responding to the Border 2 Fire. Additionally, she shows you the progress crews have made so far. Senate confirms Pete ...

SEE ALSO: Inmate firefighters who battle fires like the ones in ... All proceeds from the show will be donated to the Pasadena Humane Society, California Fire Department, LAFD Foundation, and the Anti ...

California has utilized inmates to combat fires for over a century ... Democratic leadership in the state cut the Los Angeles Fire Department's funding by $17.6 million just months prior.

The prisoners, who voluntarily sign up to be a part of the Conservation (Fire) Camps Program, are embedded with the California Department ... agency. Inmates help firefighters to extinguish ...

and Los Angeles County Fire Department. The camps are minimum-security facilities at which incarcerated people can volunteer. At the 35 camps operated across 25 California counties, inmates learn ...

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 ...