In a scene straight out of Fire Country, more than 900 inmates were enlisted to help fight the wildfires raging across the ...

These minimum-security inmates, participants in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Fire Camp Program, are playing a critical role in slowing the spread of fires in ...

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 ...