CDCR officials at the time said corrections officers fired a “less lethal 40 mm direct impact round and chemical agents” to stop a fight between Birdon and another inmate. Robert Chalfant ...

"CDCR Fire Camp Program firefighters are proud ... Inmate firefighters from Oak Glen Conservation Camp near Yucaipa, California fight the Easy Fire on October 30, 2019 near Simi Valley, California.

California corrections officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from the Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles ...

The CDCR Conservation (Fire) Camp Program was established in 1915 but expanded during World War II after many staff working in the Division of Forestry, now known as Cal Fire, left to fight in the war ...

The inmates volunteering are paid a daily wage between $5.80 and $10.24, plus an additional $1 per hour when they respond to active fire or fire-related emergencies, the CDCR said Danielle ...

The Marshall Project spotlights some of the incarcerated firefighters doing one of the riskiest, lowest-paying, but ...

California Department of Corrections officials in Acton are alerting neighboring communities of an inmate who escaped on ...

Southern California continues to battle devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 25 lives and destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area. Since the fires started on Jan. 7 ...