It also helps pave the way for them to possibly get private firefighting jobs. “A felony conviction does not disqualify employment with Cal Fire,” CDCR says on its website. “Many former camp ...

As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel behind structures to slow fire spread,” CDCR told TIME in an emailed ...

As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles , the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...

Gavin Newsom signed a law that makes it easier for formerly incarcerated firefighters who successfully participated in the fire camp program to seek jobs as firefighters upon release, according to ...

Jackson said Ransom was able to learn officers' routines with his job in the laundry area ... you do as correctional officers," Jackson said. CDCR sent a statement about the lawsuit.