The wildfires sweeping across the Los Angeles region are decimating land property and taking lives. They are also reigniting ...
Travis Barker is showing his appreciation for incarcerated individuals acting as firefighters amid the L.A. Fires ravaging ...
Hundreds of the firefighters working tirelessly on the fire lines to protect lives and property in Southern California are actually serving time in prison. As two historic wildfires raged in Southern ...
Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...
Some 1,100 prison recruits are battling LA's infernos, risking life and health for less than $2 an hour—yet still the jobs ...
The fire danger in Southern California is far from over. As crews continue their battle, incarcerated firefighters part of a long-running state program are on the frontline. Supporters say the program ...
As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...
In a moment that crystallized the complexities of America's criminal justice system, John Legend's recent visit to California ...
Incarcerated firefighters on the lower end of the pay scale currently earn around $30 a day during an active emergency.
Around Los Angeles, firefighting crews continue to battle the Palisades and Eaton fires and other smaller blazes. Nearly a ...
"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff ...