according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. They join thousands of firefighting and emergency ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...

The California Department of Justice is investigating a fatal shooting by a corrections officer in Fresno, the state Attorney General's Office announced Thursday.

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?

The number deployed - now 939 - are part of a long-running volunteer programme led by the California Department of ...

Although the Conservation (Fire) Camp Program provides critical support during wildfire season, it has faced significant ...

The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on ...

Diana Trueba Vega. The parole agent, from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Division of Adult Parole Operations, was conducting a home visit when a physical fight ...