Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.

State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...

Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...

In California, incarcerated people become firefighters, but the low pay — and few job prospects when they're out — can make ...

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As fires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, 939 incarcerated firefighters have joined the front lines to support ...

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

As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...

Online, on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit, slave labour is being discussed in light of deployment of certain ...

On Friday, state finance officials unveiled the governor’s full $322 billion budget proposal which funds Newsom’s signature ...