Specialist teams have begun to look for more people killed, as officials say scale of disaster not down to "lack of preparation".

More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their ...

Firefighters have taken the rare but not unusual move of scooping up ocean water to help battle the flames as wildfires rage across Southern California.

Shoplifting rates in the three largest U.S. cities — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — remain higher than they were before ...

As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...

In California, incarcerated people become firefighters, but the low pay — and few job prospects when they're out — can make it a difficult choice.

Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...

On Friday, state finance officials unveiled the governor’s full $322 billion budget proposal which funds Newsom’s signature ...

State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...

California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the practice, the system is seen as exploitative.

Over 1,800 incarcerated firefighters live year-round in minimum-security conservation camps, also known as “fire camps,” ...