Check Your Health- Advances in Hernia Surgical Care
Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than 1.6 million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A ...
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Kim Kardashian calls for incarcerated firefighters to receive higher pay amid LA fires: ‘They get paid almost nothing’
Kim Kardashian called on California Governor Gavin Newsom to increase the pay of incarcerated firefighters battling the devastating LA fires. “On all 5 fires in Los Angeles, there are hundreds ...
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Kim Kardashian calls for pay raise for incarcerated firefighters: 'I see them as heroes'
Kim Kardashian is speaking out in support of a pay raise for incarcerated firefighters. The "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star, 44, in an Instagram story on Saturday praised the inmates who ...
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Why Incarcerated Firefighters Are Battling the L.A. Fires
Among those attempting to quell these fires are incarcerated persons working in a three-way partnership between the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), CAL FIRE, and the ...
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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 began ...
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Kim Kardashian wants higher pay rate for inmate firefighters: ‘I see them as heroes’
Kim Kardashian, who has increasingly used her celebrity to advocate for criminal justice reform, is calling for higher pay for California’s incarcerated firefighters who are battling L.A.’s ...
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How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
Some of the money will go to necessities the incarcerated firefighters say they need — such as new boots, toiletries and other gear, Lewis said. “Whatever they need, we’ll purchase,” he to ...
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Incarcerated Firefighters Battle California Blazes for Low Pay, Redemption
Incarcerated people were paid $0.16 to $0.74 per hour, or a maximum of $5.80 to $10.24 per day—a rate that was doubled in 2023. While assigned to an active emergency, incarcerated fire crew ...
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AccessMA reconnects formerly incarcerated individuals with communities they left
THANK YOU KELLY ANN NEW THIS MORNING. MOVING FROM A LIABILITY TO A COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTOR, A LOCAL GROUP IS HELPING FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS DO JUST THAT, AND IT’S HELPING THE COMMUNITY ...
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Incarcerated Firefighters Do Risky, Low-Pay Work. Many Say It’s The Best Job Behind Bars.
Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. More than 900 incarcerated firefighters were responding as of Friday to the fires in Southern California, according to California ...
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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, this time advocating for incarcerated firemen in an Instagram Story posted ...