More than 1,100 inmates in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — a group that has historically made up 30% ...

Inmate firefighters housed in California's county jails and state prisons would earn an hourly wage of up to $19 under ...

After a month-long search, authorities locate suspect who fled across the border following the fatal stabbing of her ...

The reality star thanked Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, for his bill on this issue in an Instagram post.

The bill, as it currently stands, would require incarcerated individual hand crew members from county jails to be paid an ...

A proposal took an early step in the California Assembly Public Safety Committee that would require incarcerated firefighters ...

A proposed California bill could increase pay ... Assembly Bill 247, if approved, would require jail inmates assigned to work active fire scenes to be paid $19 hourly. The bill also calls for ...

Inmates who voluntarily sign up for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Conservation (Fire) Camp Program and work as firefighters currently get paid $5.80 to $10.24 per ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California lawmakers are considering giving a raise to inmate firefighters under new legislation. Assembly Bill 247 aims to raise the hourly wage of inmates to $19 when they are ...

Inmate firefighters housed in California’s county jails and state ... the hourly wage of jail inmates assigned to work on active fire scenes.