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California’s incarcerated fire crews: Rehabilitation or exploitation?
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Letters to the Editor: We rely on incarcerated firefighters. That highlights our hypocrisy on public safety
Up to 30% of California's firefighters are prisoners. That's exploitative, and it shows our public safety priorities are ...
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 ...
Inmate firefighters who battle fires like the ones in LA could get a raise under this bill
Incarcerated firefighters on the lower end of the pay scale currently earn around $30 a day during an active emergency.
How many prisoners are fighting the Los Angeles fires?
Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, ...
VERIFYING claims about inmates who fight wildfires in California
How much do incarcerated firefighters in California make? Will they be able to get firefighting jobs upon release? Here’s ...
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Incarcerated firefighters on the frontlines of the LA fires
According to the Guardian, California’s prisons have deployed more than 1,000 incarcerated people to battle on the frontlines ...
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Over a thousand incarcerated firefighters are putting out LA’s fires. Their families can’t contact them.
Los Angeles County, more than 300 miles away from her home in Modesto. To figure out whether he might be on the front lines, ...
LA fires live updates: Fire conditions improving
At least 25 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...
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Prison staff face lawsuit over fatal beating. But firing officers guilty of abuse is difficult
Robert Brooks was fatally beaten at a NYS prison near Utica. His family is suing, but investigations show it's incredibly ...
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Los Angeles wildfire death toll surges to 24 as firefighters brace for more fierce winds
A surging death toll is accompanying a slight break in the weather as firefighters in Los Angeles cast a wary eye on a forecast for yet more wind ...
Inside the monumental effort behind LA’s firefight, from strategy to meals and laundry
The Eaton and Palisades fires that sparked last week in the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed ...