as California attorney general, led a campaign to defy a U.S. Supreme Court order to reduce the state's prison population partly because decarceration would "severely impact fire camp participation." ...

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 ...

as California attorney general, led a campaign to defy a U.S. Supreme Court order to reduce the state’s prison population partly because decarceration would “severely impact fire camp ...

(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 ...

More than a thousand incarcerated firefighters helped beat back the LA blazes. This is what you should know about their work.

Jabari-Lathum, they said, would be a good fit for Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp ... California’s history. Their effort highlighted the essential role they play in the state’s approach to ...

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 ...

Sierra Conservation Camp is a fire training and reception camp in Jamestown, California, an old gold rush town in the ... a facility that blends the two prison populations: those from general ...

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, and ...

Incarcerated firefighters currently battling the Eaton Fire and are stationed at a base camp at the Rose Bowl ... borrowing from nearby counties, the state prison system and the local public ...

A man who was 17 when he shot and killed an Oceanside police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the ... and civilians when Gaono opened fire. They say that as Bessant assisted ...