The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.

CDCR officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, ...

California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires exploding across Los ... s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...

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 ...

A man convicted of burglary in Sacramento County was declared dead Wednesday in his prison cell he shared with another inmate ...

As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...

CDCR Reports Incarcerated Person Walks Away from Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County – Received from Kern County in 2022 ...

LOS ANGELES - Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from a California Department of Corrections and ...

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate was apprehended Thursday after he walked away from an Acton ...

The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, jointly run by California's corrections and fire departments, trains inmates to fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies. Inmate firefighters earn ...

As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County ... responders fighting the blazes, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to ABC News.

Among the thousands of firefighters battling the relentless wind-driven blazes in Southern California this month, hundreds of them are prisoners, members of the statewide Conservation Fire Camp ...