Nearly 800 people in prison have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California ...

Lindsay Hathaway, who was fired for violating CDCR policies, said prisons dental staff neglected patients for weeks.

Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are working to extinguish the massive blaze scorching Los Angeles. Here's how much they ...

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

California uses incarcerated firefighters to help battle the wildfires, but these men and women are also fighting stigma.

Nearly 400 inmates are among the 14,000 emergency responders working on the wildfires that have destroyed at least 2,000 ...

California hopes to achieve billions in savings through reducing departments’ expenses and closing prison facilities.

Hundreds of California prison inmates are helping firefighters battle the out-of-control flames that have engulfed parts of ...

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the ...