2 inmates from Southern California suspects in deadly prison yard attack
Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...
California Prison Crews Are Helping Fight the Los Angeles Fires
More than 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” ...
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Hundreds of California inmates are fighting the Los Angeles fires. Here's how much they get paid
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
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Incarcerated firefighters join California wildfire battle efforts
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff ...
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Inmates are fighting California wildfires in long-running and controversial practice
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the ...
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Among those fighting the Los Angeles wildfires: Prison inmates earning less than minimum wage
The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California ... inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to help contain the blazes ...
Hundreds of California prison inmates fight wildfires - and stigma
Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.
Inmates are fighting California wildfires: When did it start, how much do they get paid?
Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do ...
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Nearly 1,000 prisoners helping suppress wildfires in Los Angeles area
Nearly 1,000 incarcerated individuals are among the firefighters working to contain the slew of brush fires spreading across Southern ... the California Department of Corrections and ...
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California Department of Justice investigating shooting of parolee on Christmas Eve
Diana Trueba Vega. The parole agent, from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Division of Adult Parole Operations, was conducting a home visit when a physical fight ...
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Hundreds of California inmates are fighting the Los Angeles fires. Here's how much they get paid
Among the thousands of firefighters battling the relentless wind-driven blazes in Southern California ... is operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the California ...