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

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

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 has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff ...

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

These camps provide crucial support, particularly as California faces increasingly frequent and intense fire seasons. This year alone, incarcerated firefighters have helped combat fires threatening ...

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 ...

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 - are part of a long-running volunteer programme led by the California ...

Nearly 800 prison inmates have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California ... fire spread,” the California Department of Corrections and ...

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?

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