Sal Almanza has worked 24-hour shifts in grueling terrain, cutting fire lines and hauling away brush trying to keep ahead of ...
By Cayla Mihalovich, CalMatters About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across ...
As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer ...
Incarcerated firefighters currently battling the Eaton Fire and are stationed at a base camp at the Rose Bowl.
Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...
Inmate Jacob Castro cuts firebreaks in the hills around Los Angeles. It's hard work, but having been in prison for 29 years, ...
One of two involved suspects is serving a life sentence for murdering an inmate in 2019 at the same prison, according to state corrections officials.
Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.
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 ...
"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." ...