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California's Wildfires Still Burn. Prison Inmates Join the Fight
As an ecological disaster devastated two coastal California cities, more than 7,500 firefighters pushed back against the wildfires. 900 of them are inmates, reports NPR. That's about 12%: California is one of more than a dozen states that operates conservation camps, commonly known as fire camps,...
Otherwise, the crews do community service work in areas close to their camp, according to the state corrections department... A 2018 Time investigation found that incarcerated firefighters are at a higher risk for serious injuries. Friday one local California news report shared the perspective of formerly incarcerated Californian, Matthew Hahn (from a 2021 Washington Post column). I will never forget the relief I felt the day I set foot in a fire camp in Los Angeles County, like an enormous burden had been lifted...
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