About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across Southern California, according to the ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff ...
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the system is seen as exploitative.
The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California ... inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to help contain the blazes ...
More than 1,000 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) incarcerated firefighters have been working ...
An incarcerated firefighter in Mill Creek, California ... burning across southern California. The number deployed - now 939 - are part of a long-running volunteer programme led by the California ...
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?
Nearly 800 prison inmates have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California ... fire spread,” the California Department of Corrections and ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in conjunction with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Los Angeles County Fire Department, operates 35 “conserv ...
The number deployed - now 939 - are part of a long-running volunteer programme led by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Their numbers have steadily increased ...