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 ...

The Conservation Camp program, as the California Department ... started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons. Jan. 11, 2025 Other considerations belong ...

The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California wildfires includes ... off their sentences for every day served on a fire crew. Camp participants are eligible for employment ...

If the prison had paid proper wages for firefighting ... Laquisha Johnson, who served in a California fire camp roughly a decade ago, said that when she was released in 2016, she showed up ...

Incarcerated firefighters play a crucial role in a state where wildfires seemingly get worse every year. But the state’s ...

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 ... Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock ...

Investigators are working to determine if a man serving a prison term for a Sacramento County burglary was killed by his cellmate on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Corrections ...

(KABC) -- Hundreds of the firefighters working tirelessly on the fire lines to protect lives and property in Southern California are actually serving time in prison. As two historic wildfires ...

Investigators’ findings can result in fines, legal settlements and even prison time ... from 2017 wildfires in Northern California and the 2018 Camp Fire. Investigations can also provide ...

An inmate serving a 16-year sentence for firearms charges was apprehended Thursday morning after he walked away from the Acton Conservation Camp in ... from California prison camps are rare ...