Sam Lewis of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition discusses how to transform the future for incarcerated people fighting fires in California.

Generally, all types of expression are constitutionally protected in traditional "public forms" such as streets, sidewalks, parks and public plazas. California permits speech activities, such as

Inmate firefighters say their criminal records make it hard to get a regular firefighting job once they're out. A new bill can smooth the way.

Inmate firefighters say their criminal records make it hard to get a regular firefighting job once they're out. A new bill can smooth the way.

Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they got a bittersweet new lease on life.

The program trains formerly incarcerated Angelenos for firefighting jobs.

30% of California’s firefighters are incarcerated, and many make as little as $6 a day.

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates are still haunted by the what-ifs.

Lessons from a radical 20-year experiment and a quiet triumph of public policy.

In memos released this week, Trump’s new attorney general rolled back Biden-era reforms and called for harsher sentences and more executions.

Despite low pay and deadly conditions, incarcerated people are serving as firefighters on the frontlines of LA’s wildfire crisis and working tirelessly to keep the public safe. Show your support by pu...

Around a thousand of the firefighters who battled blazes around southern California in January 2025 were incarcerated. They do essentially the same work as other firefighters but are paid as little as...

In an interview with Sam Lewis of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition and William, a program participant, we explore how California’s wildfire program provides incarcerated individuals with life-changing op...

A small number of transgender women in women’s facilities cannot be transferred to men’s prisons, the judge ruled.

The measure’s fate likely hinges on this fall’s legislative races: Lawmakers will need to pass it again next year. In the meantime, Glenn Youngkin’s harsh restrictions remain in place.

Here’s a step-by-step guide.

Multi-platinum, award-winning band BLINK-182 — Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker — has announced a one-night-only benefit show at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California on February ...

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

Some 1,100 prison recruits are battling LA's infernos, risking life and health for less than $2 an hour—yet still the jobs are coveted.

The jobs are highly coveted, offering training and reduced sentences, but face criticism over low wages

The jobs are highly coveted, offering training and reduced sentences, but face criticism over low wages

The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons.