State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the ...

CDCR operates more than 30 “fire camps” across the state where people serving state prison sentences are trained in firefighting and support authorities as they respond to fires, floods and other ...

With wildfires raging, causing at least 10 deaths, burning down thousands of buildings and prompting evacuation orders for ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says nearly 400 prisoners are helping during the LA wildfires but ...

The inmate crews have been working around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel from behind structures.

The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California wildfires includes workers who could otherwise remain ...

Among the thousands of boots on the ground battling the wildfires in Los Angeles are hundreds of incarcerated individuals — a ...

Per the Los Angeles Police Department, an arson suspect has been detained in Woodland Hills and is being investigated for "purposely starting the Kenneth Fire" in West Hills.

Wildfires continue to burn in Southern California, but even with winds not as gusty on Thursday, conditions remain volatile ...

The group of 29 is part of a larger team of 783 incarcerated firefighters, including 88 support staff, from fire camps statewide who “have been working around the clock cutting fire lines and removing ...

Wildfires continue to burn in Southern California, but even with winds not as gusty on Thursday, conditions remain volatile for spreading wildfires.