California Wildfires Expose Leadership Failures and Reliance on Prison Labor** As wildfires ravage Southern California, turning homes and cherished landmarks into ash, the ongoing disaster raises ...
Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.
A number of incarcerated individuals from California state prisons are working for up to $10 per day to battle the ...
State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...
The program has been criticized for being exploitative, but some incarcerated people say the firefighting initiatives can be ...
In reality, the state’s financial future is murkier.
More than 900 incarcerated firefighters are helping to battle the historic wildfires wreaking havoc across Los Angeles County ...
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.
Over 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” ...
As the devastating L.A. wildfires continue to ravage the city, help has come in the form of hundreds of California inmates ...
A hillside is engulfed in flames during a wildfire at night, with smoke billowing into the sky. Traffic lights are visible in ...