Nearly 800 people in prison have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California ...

State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...

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

Nearly 400 inmates are among the 14,000 emergency responders working on the wildfires that have destroyed at least 2,000 ...

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.

Hundreds of incarcerated people are among the first responders battling the devastating flames, the Washington Post reports.

The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California wildfires includes workers who could otherwise remain safely behind bars.

There has been fire and fury on the streets of one of America's richest suburbs as its high-profile residents come to terms ...

Among the thousands of boots on the ground battling the wildfires in Los Angeles are hundreds of incarcerated individuals — a ...

Sean Edwards, a 38-year-old resident of Redding, was sentenced to 32 months in state prison following his conviction for ...

Theodore Smith, now 90, and his son, James Smith, 66, received lengthy prison sentences after the person who bought their ...