Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...

About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across Southern California, according to the ...

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

The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California ... inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to help contain the blazes ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff ...

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

An incarcerated firefighter in Mill Creek, California ... burning across southern California. The number deployed - now 939 - ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The first stages of a lawsuit have initiated against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after a hyper-violent ...

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

(KTLA) – Two inmates from Southern California are ... (SAC), previously called New Folsom Prison, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials announced Thursday.

About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across Southern California, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join ...