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| Sheriff Transfers Inmates to Fire Camps |
| By scvnews.com |
| Published: 11/05/2013 |
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The first 20 inmates were transferred from Los Angeles County Jail to the Los Angeles County Fire Department Inmate Fire Suppression Camps on Wednesday, Nov. 6. The transfer took place at Holton Conservation Camp (Los Angeles County Fire Camp 16), in Sylmar. The Fire Camps are a joint venture of the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Sheriff’s Department has contracted with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to send up to 528 inmates to the Fire Camps. The inmates are part of the Public Safety Realignment Plan (AB109), which places lower security level inmates (“N3”, Nonviolent, Non-serious, Non-sexual) in the custody of local law enforcement agencies. Many of the inmates, whom would normally fill the ranks of state inmate wildland fire crews, are now in the custody of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. To fill the vacancies in the five Los Angeles County Fire Department inmate fire camps, the Sheriff’s Department was tasked with selecting, screening, and physically training the men and women who volunteer for the program. The inmates undergo several weeks of arduous physical conditioning and strenuous work projects, supervised by the staff at the Pitchess Detention Center/Inmate Fire Training Facility in Castaic. The inmates hike three to six miles daily, in the hills and fire trails surrounding the 2,600 acre Pitchess Detention Center. Read More. |
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