The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

Inmates from Santa Cruz are redirecting the Hughes Fire in hopes of protecting nearby homes in the Castaic. Fast-Spreading ...

FOX 11's Hailey Winslow got a chance to speak with some of the inmates jumping into the frontlines to help contain the Hughes ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

Inmate firefighters earn between $5.80 and ... freeing up their qualifications to become full-time first responders. Incarcerated fire crew members earn between $5.80 and $10.24 daily depending ...

The fire threat remains critical in Southern California, where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders Wednesday ...

Inmates from Santa Cruz are redirecting the Hughes Fire in hopes of protecting nearby homes in the Castaic. Vivian Wilson, ...

Two days are docked off their sentence for each day they support fire crews, according to the prison agency. Additionally, the inmates’ work with fire crews paves a path for potential job ...

Incarcerated fire crew members earn as little as $5.80 per day, but a bill recently introduced by California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan could change that by giving them a pay raise.

As the disastrous infernos destroy neighborhoods in Southern California, over 1,000 prisoners are working as “volunteer firefighters” to help extinguish the blazes.

Firefighters in Southern California have been conducting more fierce wildfire fights as crews race to contain and extinguish several fires that broke out on Wednesday and Thursday.

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