A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.
If Trump issues his own order on Day 1, as he’s vowed, the first people could enter detention camps by February.
‘A thief and a crooked cop’: L.A. deputy committed crimes for crypto mogul, feds say
A longtime detective in the L.A. County sheriff’s anti-gang unit has admitted to extortion and other abuses of power while ...
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?
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Hundreds of California inmates are fighting the Los Angeles fires. Here's how much they get paid
The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.
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Goyette, Ruano & Thompson: California Department of Corrections Sued After Female Guard Held Hostage by Inmate and Repeatedly Raped at Gunpoint
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The first stages of a lawsuit have initiated against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after a hyper-violent ...
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Working on California’s Incarcerated Fire Crews: “It Is Kind of Like You’re a Slave”
Some 1,100 prison recruits are battling LA's infernos, risking life and health for less than $2 an hour—yet still the jobs ...
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Inmates, including 29 youths from Mother Lode, join fight against California wildfires
The California conservation or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CalFire, and Los Angeles County Fire Department. The camps are ...
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Opinion: California’s inmate firefighters deserve more than a raise. Make them employees
The Conservation Camp program, as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation calls it, is an exemplar of prison labor. It allows participants to live outside the prison and earn ...
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Fact Check: Clip of Wyoming fire ‘tornados’ shared as scene from 2025 LA wildfires New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick wearing her police badge “upside down ...
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Inmate firefighters: Over 1,000 prisoners deployed to battle Los Angeles fires
the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to ABC News. The prisoners, who voluntarily sign up to be a part of the Conservation (Fire) Camps Program, are embedded with ...
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Kim Kardashian wants inmate firefighter raises. A California lawmaker agrees.
SACRAMENTO, California — As wildfires continue to scorch the Los Angeles area, a California state lawmaker is leading a push to give incarcerated firefighters pay raises — including those who ...