Incarcerated firefighters have made headlines this month as they battle some of the state’s biggest infernos ever and return to prisons where the novel coronavirus has spread out of control.

Incarcerated firefighters are four times more likely to be sustain injuries than non-incarcerated firefighters, according to a 2018 report in TIME drawing on Freedom of Information Act requests.

Inmate firefighters took care of fire emergencies during the war. Since then, California has maintained inmate fire camps, mostly in the mountains near where fires are likely to break out. The ...

More than 900 incarcerated firefighters were responding to the fires in Southern California, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials. In a written statement ...

Incarcerated firefighters arrive at the scene of the Water fire, a new start about 20 miles from the Apple fire in Whitewater, California, on Aug. 2, 2020. Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images. This ...

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Andrew Hall was convicted of assault with a firearm for fatally shooting Laudemer Arboleda in 2018, but now it seems all but assured the felony will be cleared from his record.

Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it’s the best job behind bars. More than 900 incarcerated firefighters were responding to the fires in Southern California, according ...