The L.A. County Public Defender's Union, Los Angeles People's City Council and Justice LA posted to social media advocating for the evacuation of Pitchess inmates. "We demand that the Los Angeles ...

As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners ... according to the law enforcement agency. Inmates help firefighters to extinguish the last embers in ...

The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.

Over 1,100 California inmates have worked around the clock to help fight Los Angeles-area fires that have killed at least 25 ...

meaning the Los Angeles jails — which average around 12,800 inmates per day — were not included. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in an email that its facilities do not have ...

Under a 2020 law, non-violent inmate firefighters can ask a court to have their records expunged after ... and eventually partnered with the Los Angeles County Fire Department in the 1980s ...

If you've been issued an evacuation order, please get out," he added. With the fire posing significant danger to the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, around 500 inmates were being moved to a ...

As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California ... the fires had scorched more than 55 square miles across the Los Angeles area. At least 10 people are dead, and more ...

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 ... and job opportunities after an inmate’s release. It also allows for criminal record ...

Gavin Newsom on Instagram last week saying wages for inmates fighting the Los Angeles County wildfires should ... they are immediately eligible to have their records expunged which is necessary ...

Inmate firefighters battling the Palisades Fire construct hand line to protect homes along Mandeville Canyon Rd. on Jan. 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. Participating prisoners have joined the thousands of ...