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

While advocating for the CDCR prisoners battling the Los Angeles County fires, Kim Kardashian added, “The incarcerated firefighters have been paid $1 / hour to risk their lives, and this pay has ...

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 ...

Imprisoned firefighters' pay depends on their skill level. They earn between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, according to CDCR, which pays their wages. Wage levels doubled in 2023, up from between $2.90 ...

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 ...

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

According to CDCR’s website, inmate firefighters typically ... noting that one proposal for a pay hike “got shot down last minute.” “I am urging @cagovernor [Gavin Newsom] to do what ...

Travis Barker is showing his appreciation for incarcerated individuals acting as firefighters amid the L.A. Fires ravaging ...