An inmate serving a 16-year sentence for firearms charges was apprehended Thursday morning after he walked away from the ...

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 ...

Over 10,000 structures have been destroyed and 37,000 acres burned, as thousands of emergency workers descend on the Los Angeles area to fight ... CDCR told the BBC in an emailed statement. The ...

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

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State Prison as a homicide, according to CDCR. Officers were conducting security rounds ...

California's program is not without controversy, as the inmates are paid little for dangerous and difficult work. Many participants, however, say they appreciated the opportunity.

"CDCR Fire Camp Program firefighters ... the likelihood of rapid fire spread. Inmate firefighters from Oak Glen Conservation Camp near Yucaipa, California fight the Easy Fire on October 30 ...

As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer firefighters” to help extinguish the blazes.

More than 1,000 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) incarcerated firefighters have been working around the clock for three weeks to extinguish the flames engulfing Los ...

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 ...

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The program started in 1915, and the modern protocol of training the inmates at camps began in 1946. Today, there are 44 conservation camps, also known as fire camps, operated by the CDCR in ...