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California has deployed firefighters from Mexico as well as nearly 1,000 prison inmates to help combat deadly wildfires exploding across Los ... s Department of Corrections and ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has just announced that 783 inmates have been temporarily released to become firefighters and help fight the fires that have been ...
As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ... than 55 square miles across the Los Angeles area. At least 10 people ...
By Cayla Mihalovich, CalMatters About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across ...
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?
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
Incarcerated firefighters play a crucial role in a state where wildfires seemingly get worse every year. But the state’s ...
The post-wildfire public-private partnership includes at least $100M of private capital and will shape "what L.A. is going to ...