A group of child survivors behind a barbed wire fence at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz It was 80 years ago that Soviet troops liberated the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The Mile Hi Center is also slated for redevelopment for new retail and dining experiences. But amidst this wave of development, the BCDA remains steadfast in its commitment to environmental ...
The Conservation Camp program, as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation calls it, is an exemplar of prison labor. It allows participants to live outside the prison and earn ...
Inmate firefighters work at the Sunset fire in Hollywood on Jan. 8. The blaze was one of many throughout Los Angeles County. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) ...
There are currently 35 “conservation camps” spread across 25 counties established in California run by CAL FIRE and the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD). While the number of inmates ...
This initiative, known as conservation camps, allows inmates to work as firefighters in exchange for low wages or reduced sentences. The requirements for inmates to become firefighters vary by ...
Through the California Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, incarcerated people are among those risking their lives to fight the flames. The inmates, who are trained to respond to disasters like ...
The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program has been deploying incarcerated firefighters to help with the LA wildfires. California’s Conservation (Fire) Camp Program is a collaboration between the California ...