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Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it's the best job behind bars.
More than 900 incarcerated firefighters were responding to the fires in Southern California, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials. In a written statement ...
SWIFT firefighters find second chance, purpose in fighting flames
SWIFT crews pass the same training standards as wildland firefighters to respond to wildfires, and perform erosion control, ...
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Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it's the best job behind bars.
Incarcerated firefighters do risky, low-pay work. Many say it’s the best job behind bars. More than 900 incarcerated firefighters were responding to the fires in Southern California, according ...
Kim Kardashian Reveals How Picking Up Ecstasy from a Friend Inspired Her Passion for Prison Reform
Kim recalled the teenage memory during a visit with inmates with her sister Kendall Jenner, who called it a bit straight out ...
California Assembly bill to dramatically raise pay for incarcerated fire crews moves forward
The bill, as it currently stands, would require incarcerated individual hand crew members from county jails to be paid an ...
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Asm. Isaac Bryan Wants Incarcerated Firefighters to Earn More on Assignment | VIDEO
California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights) wants to amend the state’s penal code to increase the salaries incarcerated firefighters earn while they are actively fighting fires.
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Putting a Legal Lens on Forced Prison Labor and the Thirteenth Amendment
This story is part of an occasional series on research projects currently in the works at the Law School. The Thirteenth ...