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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."

Democracy Now · 1d

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

Around Los Angeles, firefighting crews continue to battle the Palisades and Eaton fires and other smaller blazes. Nearly a thousand of the firefighters deployed to help contain the devastating fires are incarcerated.

BuzzFeed on MSN · 1d

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 ›

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Wall Street Journal · 18h

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.

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.

Washington Examiner · 1d

Over 1,000 inmates battle LA wildfires, earning pathways to firefighting jobs

There are 1,015 inmates currently fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, working up to 24 hours at a time clearing debris, curing fire lines, removing fuel from behind structures and even fighting on the front lines.

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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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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, ...

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Kim Kardashian Pushes For Incarcerated Firefighters To Be Paid More Amid LA Blazes

Kardashian called incarcerated firefighters "heroes" as she asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift wages for those "risking their ...

ABC News7d

Nearly 800 prisoners now helping to battle Los Angeles fires

They are paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, plus $1 for active emergencies. As firefighters work to contain the slew of brush fires spreading across Los Angeles County, among the emergency ...

US Weekly on MSN4d

Kim Kardashian Praises Incarcerated Firefighters Battling L.A. Flames: ‘I See Them as Heroes’

Kim Kardashian is using her massive platform to bring attention to a relatively unknown and overlooked group of firefighters ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alternet on MSN6h

Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning

We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...

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