Thousands of inmates at a Castaic jail complex were kept sheltered in place despite being within the evacuation zone of the 10,000-plus acre Hughes Fire that erupted Wednesday. The Hughes Fire was ...

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County. The ...

As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer ...

The Hughes fire broke out a little before 11 a.m., roughly five miles north of the Pitchess Detention Center. The Sheriff's ...

Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, ...

County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through healthcare accreditation ...

A 51-year-old man fell ill while in custody in the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange and died in a hospital Friday. The man, whose name was not immediately released as investigators work to notify all of ...

Hundreds of California inmates are helping battle the LA wildfires. Some prisoner firefighters earn $26.90 per 24-hour shift, or just over $1 an hour.

Two women overdosed in the La Plata County Jail on Sunday morning after taking what jail staff members suspect was fentanyl ...

The city of Durango suffered a legal setback Wednesday after a judge ruled against the city on a motion that would have ...

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do participants actually do and get paid?