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

Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.

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 ...

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

Among the thousands of firefighters battling the relentless wind-driven blazes in Southern California this month, hundreds of ...

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

The wildfires that have taken over Los Angeles are still active, but in the midst of it all, John Legend took some time to ...

The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, jointly run by California's corrections and fire departments, trains inmates to fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies. Inmate firefighters earn ...

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Even some youth offenders from the Lode have joined the battle.

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

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 ...