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 role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in conjunction with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Los Angeles County Fire Department, operates 35 “conserv ...

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.

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

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Among the thousands of boots on the ground battling the wildfires in Los Angeles ... The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) confirmed to ...

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 ...

Authorities started preparing the burn scars throughout Southern California, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena, with rain expected to hit LA County.

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Even some youth offenders from the Lode have joined the battle.

Those arrested included two people who posed as firefighters going into houses, Los Angeles Police ... according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.