Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, ...
The work done by prisoners to prevent and contain fires is just as valuable as that of other responders. But unlike their ...
Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do ...
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...
How much do incarcerated firefighters in California make? Will they be able to get firefighting jobs upon release? Here’s ...
Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They are paid a maximum of $10.24 a day, and receive an ...
according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join thousands of firefighting and emergency ...
As the deadly wildfires continue to cause devastation in Southern California, questions are again arising over the use of a ...
The death toll surged late Sunday with an update from the Los Angeles County medical examiner. At least 16 people were ...
The incarcerated firefighter program is operated by the California Department of Corrections ... Rehabilitation, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Los Angeles ...