CDCR officials at the time said corrections officers fired a “less lethal 40 mm direct impact round and chemical agents” to ...

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 ...

Langston was received from Los Angeles County Dec. 18 to serve four years for first-degree burglary as a second striker, CDCR said. The Office of the Inspector General had been notified.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Southern California continues to battle devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 25 lives and destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area. Since the fires started on Jan.