Death of California prison inmate from Sacramento County investigated as homicide, CDCR says
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 ...
Sacramento inmate at Pelican Bay one of three charged in stabbing attack on prison guard
A Sacramento County inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison is one of three facing attempted homicide charges in an attack on a ...
Search underway after inmate walks away from Acton Conservation Camp
Meza was transferred to Acton from Kern County in 2022 so he could serve 16 years for assault with a firearm with an ...
USA Today18 天
Inmates are fighting California wildfires: When did it start, how much do they get paid?
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 ...
Al Jazeera English19 天
Why are California inmates deployed to help fight LA wildfires?
Hundreds of California prison inmates have joined firefighters in efforts to combat the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, which have scorched thousands of acres and killed 24 people since erupting on ...
Inmate found dead at North Kern State Prison, officials investigating as homicide
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the death of an inmate at North Kern State ...
Inmates are fighting California wildfires: When did it start, how much do they get paid?
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?
Investopedia10 天
The Hidden Economic Forces Behind California's Use of Inmates as Firefighters
How Many Inmates Are Fighting the L.A. Wildfires? About 9,000 firefighters have been deployed to put out the L.A. wildfires. According to California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...
Forbes22 天
Here’s Why California Inmates Are Fighting Los Angeles Wildfires
One former inmate told NPR that while it is dangerous, working as a firefighter in prison helped him find his calling and with time he “fell in love with it.” Another who worked in California ...
New York Daily News22 天
Nearly 800 inmates temporarily released to fight California wildfires
Nearly 800 prison inmates have been temporarily freed to assist firefighters in controlling the deadly Southern California wildfires that have burned with no end in sight since Tuesday.
The Independent19 天
The prison inmates risking their lives fighting LA wildfires for just $1 an hour
Fire crews are getting a unique hand in trying to slow the blazes tearing through Los Angeles - the California prison system Nearly 400 inmates are among the 14,000 emergency responders working on ...
Yahoo21 天
Hundreds of California prison inmates fight wildfires - and stigma
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 ...