California’s incarcerated firefighters battle wildfires for minimal pay. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon joins one crew on the Los Angeles fire line, showing their critical role in protecting communities.
Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...
As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...
Although the Conservation (Fire) Camp Program provides critical support during wildfire season, it has faced significant ...
As historic wildfires blaze a path of destruction across Los Angeles County in California, hundreds of incarcerated firefighters have been deployed to help battle the flames. Since the fires ...
This story originally published in 2022, but has been updated to reflect the recent fires ravaging neighborhoods across Los ...