The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, jointly run by California's corrections and fire departments, trains inmates to fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies. Inmate firefighters earn ...

Authorities are on the hunt for Wayne Pletcher, who escaped from Muskingham County jail in Ohio on Saturday. The Muskingum County Sheriff's Office announced that Pletcher, 37, escaped at 5:09 p.m.

Hundreds of California prison inmates have joined firefighters in efforts to combat the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, which have scorched thousands of acres and killed 24 people since erupting on ...

Hundreds of inmates in California have reportedly been deployed to help fight the wildfires raging through Los Angeles and surrounding areas, drawing attention to California’s longstanding and ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates. Multiple ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates.

Nearly 800 prison inmates have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California wildfires that have burned with no end in sight since Tuesday.

It consists of 35 minimum-security facilities, or camps, in more than two dozen California counties. Inmates that meet certain qualifications can volunteer to join the program and those selected ...

started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons. Jan. 11, 2025 Other considerations belong in the discussion of helping inmate firefighters, including that they ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates.