Nearly 800 people in prison have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California ...

Lindsay Hathaway, who was fired for violating CDCR policies, said prisons dental staff neglected patients for weeks.

Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.

Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...

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 ...

Nearly 400 inmates are among the 14,000 emergency responders working on the wildfires that have destroyed at least 2,000 ...

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.

California hopes to achieve billions in savings through reducing departments’ expenses and closing prison facilities.

Hundreds of California prison inmates are helping firefighters battle the out-of-control flames that have engulfed parts of ...

As much as 30% of the firefighters force in California may be prison inmates, according to reports. How did we get here? And ...