I Was an Incarcerated Firefighter. Here’s What I Want People to Know.
Among the crews that responded, and continue to, were more than 1,000 incarcerated firefighters paid as little as $5.80 each ...
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Pride, Peril and $56 a Month: One Formerly Incarcerated California Firefighter’s Story
More than a thousand incarcerated firefighters helped beat back the LA blazes. This is what you should know about their work.
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Incarcerated firefighters face danger, low wages for chance at do-over
By Alexis Alvarez, Feb. 4, 2025 The voluntary and selective Conservation (Fire) Camp program, which sent out more than 1,000 prisoners to the frontlines of the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires, often ...
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For California’s formerly incarcerated firefighters, finding a full-time job requires time and money
Incarcerated firefighters can have years of experience by the time they're released. But getting a job in the field is still difficult.
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Jelly Roll hosts benefit concert honoring 1,000 incarcerated LA firefighters
Paid for by Live Nation, the free Rose Bowl show included guests like Marshmello, Lainey Wilson, and Shinedown.
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Incarcerated Firefighters
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Jelly Roll holds private Rose Bowl concert for 1st responders, CDCR fire crews
Award-winning singer-songwriter Jelly Roll showed his appreciation for Los Angeles first responders and fire crews with a ...
California depends on prison labor to deal with climate disasters—Canada must avoid a similar model
As wildfires continue to burn in and around Los Angeles, the fact that many of the firefighters battling the blazes are ...