Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...
Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.
In California, incarcerated people become firefighters, but the low pay — and few job prospects when they're out — can make ...
More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their ...
Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They usually make up to $10.24 a day, and receive an additional $1 for each hour that they battle the deadly blazes.
State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...
As fires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, 939 incarcerated firefighters have joined the front lines to support ...
As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...
Online, on platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit, slave labour is being discussed in light of deployment of certain ...
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.