Yolo County Superior Court Judge Daniel Maguire granted a compassionate release to convicted child molester Kevin Ellis last Thursday. Ellis, 67, was before the court after the California Department ...

As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...

Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.

"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." ...

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

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff through its Fire Camp Program.

Nearly 950 inmates are removing timber and brush in an attempt to slow the spread of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, ...

By Cayla Mihalovich, CalMatters About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across ...

Incarcerated fire crew members earn as little as $5.80 per day, but a bill recently introduced by California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan could change that by giving them a pay raise.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The first stages of a lawsuit have initiated against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after a hyper-violent ...

While extoling a recent California law that strengthens ... What Johnson asked supervisors to do is consider building a corrections and rehabilitation campus to house an expanded alternative ...

The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, jointly run by California's corrections and fire departments, trains inmates to fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies. Inmate firefighters earn ...