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Prison Labor in Spotlight

"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 · 15h

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 · 19h

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, Kim Kardashian

Newsweek on MSN · 5d

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.

Glamour on MSN · 2d

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 Gavin Newsom to raise incarcerated firefighters' wages "to a rate [that] honors a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes."

USA Today · 2d

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 risking their lives.

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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 ...

2don MSN

California prisoner firefighter program draws harsh criticism amid L.A. wildfires

California’s century-old prisoner firefighter program is drawing fresh criticism as hundreds of incarcerated people have been ...

California incarcerated firefighter program turns 'negative into positive' | Banfield

Chief Royal Ramey, co-founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, says he turned a "negative into a ...

Soap Central on MSN2d

What is Conservation (Fire) Camp Program? California incarcerated firefighters program triggers criticism amid LA Wildfires

Although the Conservation (Fire) Camp Program provides critical support during wildfire season, it has faced significant ...

The Grio6d

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 ...

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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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, ...

‘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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