More than a thousand incarcerated firefighters helped beat back the LA blazes. This is what you should know about their work.

As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel behind structures to slow fire spread,” CDCR told TIME in an emailed ...

Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and up to $26.90 per day.

Brian Conroy, a captain at the state firefighting agency Cal Fire, recently led a crew of formerly incarcerated firefighters ...

931 incarcerated firefighters join California wildfire battle efforts Inmates earn $5.80-$10.24/day plus $1/hr during fire emergencies Mexico sends 72 firefighters to aid Southern California's ...

The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons.

Incarcerated firefighters can have years of experience by the time they're released. But getting a job in the field is still difficult.

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By Alexis Alvarez, Feb. 4, 2025 The voluntary and selective Conservation (Fire) Camp program, which sent out more than 1,000 prisoners to the frontlines of the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, often ...

The Visalia natives are two of California's more than 1,000 incarcerated firefighters responding to this emergency. They are part of a state program for incarcerated men and women. "I knew that ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters have recently battled blazes across southern California. Incarcerated firefighters ...

Jelly Roll delivered a free benefit concert for first responders at the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena on ...