California officials are considering allowing inmates with violent backgrounds to work outside prison walls fighting wildfires, and the idea is generating concerns about public safety. The state has ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — Gov. Newsom signed a bill at the conclusion of his press conference on Friday amidst the smokey Lake Oroville State Recreation Area in northern California, allowing inmate ...

Two organizations that help incarcerated firefighters find related work after they're released from prison are celebrating the receipt of $5.5 million in state funds. During a news conference Monday, ...

The Duke of Sussex visited the Ventura Training Center of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, an organization aimed at "ending mass incarceration in California" As of January 2025, nearly 30% of California ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage ...

California’s century-old prisoner firefighter program is drawing fresh criticism as hundreds of incarcerated people have been deployed to fight the deadly wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles area. As ...