Camp Program has been deploying incarcerated firefighters to help with the LA wildfires. California’s Conservation (Fire) ...
There are 1,015 inmates currently fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, working up to 24 hours at a time clearing debris, ...
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?
As the devastating L.A. wildfires continue to ravage the city, help has come in the form of hundreds of California inmates ...
As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...
Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...
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 role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.