according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join thousands of firefighting and emergency ...

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?

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, who are trained to respond to emergencies and disasters, were reportedly deployed in ...

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

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

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

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 ...

California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires exploding across Los Angeles ... Department of Corrections and ...

Firefighters scrambled to make further progress against wildfires that have killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area ...