Inmate firefighters housed in California's county jails and state prisons would earn an hourly wage of up to $19 under ...

A proposed California bill could increase pay for inmate firefighters housed in county jails and state prisons. Assembly Bill ...

The bill, as it currently stands, would require incarcerated individual hand crew members from county jails to be paid an ...

More than 1,100 inmates in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — a group that has historically made up 30% of the California wildfire force — helped battle the Palisades and Eaton ...

A proposal took an early step in the California Assembly Public Safety Committee that would require incarcerated firefighters ...

If California allowed more people to become ... State residents would be better served. And former inmate firefighters could have a stable and fulfilling career that allows them to put their ...

An inmate crew led by firefighters light backfires as they fight the Hughes Fire near Castaic, a northwestern neighborhood of Los Angeles County, California, January 22, 2025. Photo by ROBYN BECK ...

A prison riot Wednesday involving dozens at California State Prison, Sacramento, left five inmates hospitalized in a mass ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- California lawmakers are considering giving a raise to inmate firefighters under new legislation. Assembly Bill 247 aims to raise the hourly wage of inmates to $19 when they are ...