California uses incarcerated firefighters to help battle the wildfires, but these men and women are also fighting stigma.

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, who are trained to respond to emergencies and disasters, were reportedly deployed in ...

Hundreds of incarcerated firefighters are working to extinguish the massive blaze scorching Los Angeles. Here's how much they ...

Hundreds of California prison inmates have joined firefighters in efforts to combat the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, which have scorched thousands of acres and killed 24 people since erupting on ...

As much as 30% of the firefighters force in California may be prison inmates, according to reports. How did we get here? And ...

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do ...

A former prison guard was convicted Tuesday of 64 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual battery on 13 female prisoners at ...

Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.

Hundreds of California prison inmates are helping firefighters battle the out-of-control flames that have engulfed parts of ...

Among thousands of firefighters in California that continue to battle devastating wildfires, there are almost 1,000 prison inmates volunteering to assist them. The CBC's Mark Carcasole discusses the ...

After a convicted murderer was moved to a lower-level facility, a prison guard was sexually assaulted and held hostage for ...

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 ...