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

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 ...

As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ... than 55 square miles across the Los Angeles area. At least 10 people are ...

The work done by prisoners to prevent and contain fires is just as valuable as that of other responders. But unlike their ...

As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer ...

Incarcerated fire crew members earn as little as $5.80 per day, but a bill recently introduced by California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan could change that by giving them a pay raise.

Nearly 950 inmates are removing timber and brush in an attempt to slow the spread of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, ...

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?

Among the thousands of firefighters battling the relentless wind-driven blazes in Southern California this month, hundreds of them are prisoners, members of the statewide Conservation Fire Camp ...

Southern California continues to battle ... to the Eaton and Palisades fires in the Los Angeles area, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates.

Although the Conservation (Fire) Camp Program provides critical support during wildfire season, it has faced significant ...