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.

The lawsuit alleged the prison firefighters were mistreated. Nevada has agreed to pay a total of $340,000 in a settlement with eight individuals from a prison firefighting crew. Fox News Media ...

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 ...

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 ...

Andrew Hall was convicted of assault with a firearm for fatally shooting Laudemer Arboleda in 2018, but now it seems all but ...

Nevada prison firefighters claim they were mocked and ignored after they told supervisors about serious burns they suffered during a clean-up assignment, according to a new lawsuit.

While assigned to an active emergency, incarcerated fire crew members earn an additional $1 per hour paid by CAL FIRE, making up to $26.90 per day during 24-hour shifts, according to the CDCR website.

Incarcerated fire crew members earn between $5.80 and $10.24 per day; during emergencies, they earn an additional dollar per hour. Sometimes crew members will work 24-hour shifts where the lowest- ...

An incarcerated firefighter is seen at the Sunset Fire on Vista street on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, CA. Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times—Getty Images ...