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

A proposed California bill could increase pay for inmate firefighters housed in county jails and state prisons. Assembly Bill ...

More than 1,100 inmates in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — a group that has historically made up 30% of the California wildfire force — helped battle the Palisades and Eaton ...

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

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

At least five inmates were allegedly stabbed in a fight at the prison, which saw an emergency response of 22 firefighters from the Folsom Fire Department.

A prison riot Wednesday involving dozens at California State Prison, Sacramento, left five inmates hospitalized in a mass ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California lawmakers are ... Bill 247 aims to raise the hourly wage of inmates to $19 when they are assigned to an active fire incident. They currently earn $5-10 a day.

Inmate Cornelius Draper is a "lead swamper" for the Cuesta Conservation Camp. His role includes assigning jobs to other crew members and interacting with outside agencies, like CAL FIRE.