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 ...

The fire danger in Southern California is far from over. As crews continue their battle, incarcerated firefighters part of a long-running state program are on the frontline. Supporters say the program ...

When deployed, those firefighters earn from $5.80 to $10.24 a day, depending on experience, and an extra $1 an hour during ...

Incarcerated firefighters currently battling the Eaton Fire and are stationed at a base camp at the Rose Bowl.

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.

You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times ... They are part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Conservation Fire Camps Program.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials announced Thursday. The violence unfolded in the prison’s main exercise yard just after 5 p.m. on Jan. 15, according to a CDCR ...

Meanwhile, the National Weather Service has reinstated its highest level of warning for parts of Los Angeles ... according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Inmate Jacob Castro cuts firebreaks in the hills around Los Angeles. It's hard work, but having been in prison for 29 years, ...

By Cayla Mihalovich, CalMatters About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across ...

(AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File) Inmate firefighters battling the Palisades Fire construct hand line to protect homes along Mandeville Canyon Road, Jan. 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, ...