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

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do ...

The wildfires sweeping across the Los Angeles region are decimating land property and taking lives. They are also reigniting ...

Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles County. For more stories about ... the unprecedented fires raging across ...

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

The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.

Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They are paid a maximum of $10.24 a day, and receive an ...

As firefighters work to contain the slew of brush fires spreading across Los Angeles County ... individuals, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) confirmed to ...

Authorities started preparing the burn scars throughout Southern California, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena, with rain expected to hit LA County.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Among the thousands of boots on the ground battling the wildfires in Los Angeles ... The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) confirmed to ...

The incarcerated firefighter program is operated by the California Department of Corrections ... Rehabilitation, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Los Angeles ...