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"This Is Not Rehabilitation This Is Slave Labor": People Are Shocked That Incarcerated Firefighters In California Are Paid As Little As $6 A Day

"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job."

ZNetwork on MSN · 7h

Prison Labor in the Spotlight as Incarcerated California Firefighters Risk Lives for $5-10/Day

Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. As Los Angeles braces for more high winds that could bring what’s been described as “explosive fire growth,

BuzzFeed on MSN · 11h

People Are Shocked To Learn Incarcerated Firefighters In California Are Being Paid As Little As $6 A Day

"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." View Entire Post ›

California, Incarcerated Firefighters

Wall Street Journal · 2h

The Incarcerated Firefighters Battling the L.A. Wildfires

California’s incarcerated firefighters battle wildfires for minimal pay. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon joins one crew on the Los Angeles fire line, showing their critical role in protecting communities.

News Nation on MSN · 2d

Incarcerated firefighters join California wildfire battle efforts

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has deployed 931 incarcerated firefighters and 114 support staff through its Fire Camp Program.

Newsweek on MSN · 4d

Incarcerated Firefighters Battle California Blazes for Low Pay, Redemption

Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and up to $26.90 per day.

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‘We Need Everyone’: How Two Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Are Building a Movement

This story originally published in 2022, but has been updated to reflect the recent fires ravaging neighborhoods across Los ...

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Kim Kardashian calls for pay raise for incarcerated firefighters: 'I see them as heroes'

Kim Kardashian is calling for a pay raise for incarcerated firefighters, saying the "heroes" get "paid almost nothing" for ...

The Marshall Project4d

Incarcerated Firefighters Do Risky, Low-Pay Work. Many Say It’s The Best Job Behind Bars.

More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their ...

4don MSN

How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires

The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on ...

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Why Incarcerated Firefighters Are Battling the L.A. Wildfires

As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...

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Danny Trejo Criticizes Kim Kardashian for Convict Firefighter Comments

Kim Kardashian called for incarcerated firefighters to be paid more than $1 per hour while fighting wildfires.

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