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 ...

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

according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join thousands of firefighting and emergency personnel who have been dispatched to respond to multiple fires throughout ...

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?

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

Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They are paid a maximum of $10.24 a day, and receive an additional $1 for each hour that they battle the deadly blazes.

Hundreds of inmates in California have reportedly been deployed to help fight the wildfires raging through Los Angeles and surrounding areas, drawing attention to California’s longstanding and ...

The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on ...

California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires exploding across Los Angeles since last week. "As of today, 939 Fire Camp ...

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 ...