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 ...

Meza was transferred to Acton from Kern County in 2022 so he could serve 16 years for assault with a firearm with an ...

California corrections officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from the Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles ...

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 ...

Hundreds of inmates in California have reportedly been deployed to help fight the wildfires raging through Los Angeles and surrounding areas, drawing attention to California’s longstanding and ...

After a day-long search, law enforcement officials have apprehended an inmate seen walking out of a re-entry facility in San ...

The Craven County Sheriff's Office said John Matthew Nigh was discovered missing from his cell at 4 p.m. Sunday, and that his ...

These minimum-security inmates, participants in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Fire Camp Program, are playing a critical role in slowing the spread of fires in ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates.

It consists of 35 minimum-security facilities, or camps, in more than two dozen California counties. Inmates that meet certain qualifications can volunteer to join the program and those selected ...

As wildfires continue to devastate Southern California, thousands of first responders are on the ground, trying to get the destruction under control. About 900 of them are prison inmates. Multiple ...