Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...
They join thousands of firefighting and emergency personnel who have been dispatched to respond to multiple fires throughout ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff ...
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the ...
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 ...
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 ...
As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California ... or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County ...
Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.
Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Even some youth offenders from the Lode have joined the battle.
(KTLA) – Two inmates from Southern California are ... (SAC), previously called New Folsom Prison, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials announced Thursday.