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

Incarcerated firefighters working to battle the widespread Los Angeles brush fires are paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, ...

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 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 ...

As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer ...

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

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

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the ...

Royal Ramey previously worked as a firefighter while incarcerated and now wants to help others follow a similar path.

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 ...

The Tuolumne County District Attorney's Office said California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation prison inmate Robert Lawerance Ransom Jr. sexually assaulted a correctional officer at ...