Over 1,100 incarcerated firefighters are helping fight the Los Angeles wildfires. Here’s what we can VERIFY about their pay and if they can get jobs upon release.

As of January 2025, there are currently 1,870 incarcerated persons working at fire camps throughout the state of California, and 1,600 of them are firefighting crew members, CDCR says.

CDCR, in partnership with Cal Fire and the Los Angeles County Fire Department, now manages 35 fire camps across 25 counties in California. The fire camps, which are all minimum-security facilities ...

Southern California continues to battle devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 25 lives and destroyed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area. Since the fires started on Jan. 7 ...