California wildfires continue with dry conditions and powerful winds —which are due to last through Friday — fueling at least five fires.

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

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the ...

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A Jamaican transplant to Jackson, Wyoming, was sentenced to 80 months in prison Thursday for running a large-scale cocaine ...

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

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 ...

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

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