Inmate firefighters: Over 1,000 prisoners deployed to battle Los Angeles fires
Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, ...
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 ...
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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Kim Kardashian Advocates for Incarcerated Firefighters Amid the California Wildfires
Aside from previously announced donations to those affected by the wildfires, Kardashian is calling on California Governor ...
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How many of California’s incarcerated firefighters battling the wildfires are people of color?
As historic wildfires blaze a path of destruction across Los Angeles County in California, hundreds of incarcerated firefighters have been deployed to help battle the flames. Since the fires ...
Kim Kardashian wants inmate firefighter raises. A California lawmaker agrees.
SACRAMENTO, California — As wildfires continue to scorch the Los Angeles area, a California state lawmaker is leading a push ...
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 ...
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Inmate Firefighters Battling LA Fires Have Trouble Getting Firefighting Jobs After Release
Because of requirements, it’s especially difficult to get municipal firefighting jobs once inmates are released.
Kim Kardashian Advocates for Incarcerated Firefighters’ Pay Raise as Fires Devastate L.A.
Kim Kardashian is again leaping to defend the incarcerated and those she sees as unjustly treated by the U.S. government, ...
‘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 ...