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 ...

Lindsay Hathaway, who was fired for violating CDCR policies, said prisons dental staff neglected patients for weeks.

Nearly 800 people in prison have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California ...

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

Nearly 400 inmates are among the 14,000 emergency responders working on the wildfires that have destroyed at least 2,000 ...

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

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are working to extinguish the massive blaze scorching Los Angeles. Here's how much they ...

Hundreds of California prison inmates are helping firefighters battle the out-of-control flames that have engulfed parts of ...