The wildfires sweeping across the Los Angeles region are decimating land property and taking lives. They are also reigniting the debate about whether forcing prisoners to work for a pittance is right.

The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

Inmate firefighters earn between $5.80 and $10. ... The program is 18 months long and entails an orientation and basic training phase, months of firefighter and more advanced training and then ...

As of mid-day Thursday, Jan. 9, with the destructive Palisades and Eaton fires still raging, there were 783 inmate firefighters actively working alongside 4,700 firefighters from the California ...