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 ...
Over 1,100 California inmates have worked around the clock to help fight Los Angeles-area fires that have killed at least 25 ...
As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer ...
Incarcerated fire crew members earn as little as $5.80 per day, but a bill recently introduced by California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan could change that by giving them a pay raise.
Inmate Jacob Castro cuts firebreaks in the hills around Los Angeles. It's hard work, but having been in prison for 29 years, ...
Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), previously called New Folsom Prison, California Department ...
One of two involved suspects is serving a life sentence for murdering an inmate in 2019 at the same prison, according to state corrections officials.
Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.
How much do incarcerated firefighters in California make? Will they be able to get firefighting jobs upon release? Here’s ...
A prison guard who was allegedly held hostage and sexually assaulted last year by a hyper-violent prisoner at Sierra ...
Kardashian called incarcerated firefighters "heroes" as she asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift wages for those "risking their life to save our lives and homes." ...
The campus would include a sheriff’s station, and the infrastructure to accommodate firefighting, culinary, farm, and auto mechanics training.