Staffers discovered 38-year-old Jessie Meza was missing during a head count, the California Department of Corrections and ...

After a day-long search, law enforcement officials have apprehended an inmate seen walking out of a re-entry facility in San ...

Investigators are working to determine if a man serving a prison term for a Sacramento County burglary was killed by his cellmate on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Corrections ...

The Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, jointly run by California's corrections and fire departments, trains inmates to fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies. Inmate firefighters earn ...

California corrections officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from the Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County Tuesday night. Staff discovered 38-year-old Jessie Meza was ...

Nearly 1,000 incarcerated men and women have joined the frontlines in a battle against record-breaking wildfires burning across southern California ... prison sentences, CDRC said. Inmates ...

started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons. Jan. 11, 2025 Other considerations belong in the discussion of helping inmate firefighters, including that they ...

An incarcerated firefighter in Mill Creek, California in August 2024 ... earn time credits that help reduce their prison sentences, CDRC said. Inmates convicted of crimes categorised as "serious ...

The conservation camps and their "park, picnic-type feel" also offer additional perks like better food, he said, compared to California's notoriously dangerous and overcrowded prisons. "It's a better ...