2 inmates from Southern California suspects in deadly prison yard attack
Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), ...
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2 inmates from Southern California suspects in deadly prison yard attack
(KTLA) – Two inmates from Southern California are ... (SAC), previously called New Folsom Prison, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials announced Thursday.
VERIFYING claims about inmates who fight wildfires in California
How much do incarcerated firefighters in California make? Will they be able to get firefighting jobs upon release? Here’s ...
California’s inmate’s death being investigated as a homicide
Officials say Mario Campbell, 36, was taken to a nearby hospital outside the prison, where he later fell to his injuries.
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 ...
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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 ...
On LA fire lines, inmates shoulder heavy packs and tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
When deployed, those firefighters earn from $5.80 to $10.24 a day, depending on experience, and an extra $1 an hour during ...
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Kim Kardashian wants inmate firefighter raises. A California lawmaker agrees.
according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Incarcerated firefighters are on the front lines saving lives,” Los Angeles Democrat Isaac Bryan, the bill’s author ...
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Firefighters from Canada, Mexico and U.S. prisons fought the L.A. fires. They have something to teach us about solidarity.
Yet in L.A., prisoners themselves are bringing hope to the community. The state of California has for more than a century ...
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Hundreds of California Prison Firefighters Join Battle Against Los Angeles Wildfires
By Cayla Mihalovich, CalMatters About 800 incarcerated firefighters are battling the unprecedented fires raging across ...
California wildfire live updates: Los Angeles area on alert as high winds fan the flames
Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los ...
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Slave labor clause of California constitution leaves inmates unfairly fighting LA fires for less than $30 a day
More than 1,000 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) incarcerated firefighters have been working ...