For many, there is another catch: The only way to get to those fire camps is to start training at SCC, a facility that blends the two prison populations: those from general population and those deemed ...

An inmate serving a 16-year sentence for firearms charges was apprehended Thursday morning after he walked away from the Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County. Jessie Meza, 38, was discovered ...

When deployed, those firefighters earn from $5.80 to $10.24 a day, depending on experience, and an extra $1 an hour during active wildfires, according to the corrections department. That means the ...

As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are inmates from California's prison system has drawn significant attention in news ...

But when the fires are finally out, he won’t be going back to his family: He’ll be returning to the prison “fire camp” where he’s serving time for drunken driving that injured someone.

Walkaways from California prison camps are rare, and officials said 99% of all those who escape CDCR facilities have been captured since 1977.

But when the fires are finally out, he won't be going back to his family: He'll be returning to the prison "fire camp" where he's serving time for drunken driving that injured someone.

But when the fires are finally out, he won't be going back to his family: He'll be returning to the prison "fire camp" where he's serving time for drunken driving that injured someone.

But while incarcerated, when the opportunity came to me, the benefits outweighed my fears and negatives." Smith went to prison in 2008 and reluctantly joined a fire camp. But his perspective slowly ...

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