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, Smith had to seek out the information herself. She posted in a Facebook group for family members of incarcerated firefighters asking if anyone knew whether Ben Lomond Fire Camp #45 had been deployed.
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.
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As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel behind structures to slow fire spread,” CDCR told TIME in an emailed statement. This includes 110 members of a support staff helping the firefighters.
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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More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.
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The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on Friday to support the fire crews of California’s prisons.
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