An inmate serving a 16-year sentence for firearms charges was apprehended Thursday morning after he walked away from the ...

California's program is not without controversy, as the inmates are paid little for dangerous and difficult work. Many participants, however, say they appreciated the opportunity.

California corrections officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from the Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles ...

"CDCR Fire Camp Program firefighters ... the likelihood of rapid fire spread. Inmate firefighters from Oak Glen Conservation Camp near Yucaipa, California fight the Easy Fire on October 30 ...

The number deployed - now 939 - are part of a long-running volunteer programme led by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR ... Angeles area to fight the flames.

As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer firefighters” to help extinguish the blazes.

The inmates volunteering are paid a daily wage between $5.80 and $10.24, plus an additional $1 per hour when they respond to active fire or fire-related emergencies, the CDCR said Danielle ...

Hundreds of inmates in California have reportedly been deployed to help fight the wildfires raging ... and can be deployed to respond if needed. CDCR told Forbes that, as of Thursday, 783 fire ...

More than 1,000 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) incarcerated firefighters have been working around the clock for three weeks to extinguish the flames engulfing Los ...

The program started in 1915, and the modern protocol of training the inmates at camps began in 1946. Today, there are 44 conservation camps, also known as fire camps, operated by the CDCR in ...

CDCR officials at the time said corrections officers fired a “less lethal 40 mm direct impact round and chemical agents” to stop a fight between Birdon and another inmate. Robert Chalfant ...