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Prisoner firefighters in California are volunteers that opt in and receive significantly reduced sentences for their service and often end up working for Calfir
by jvreagan 6y ago
Prisoner firefighters in California are volunteers that opt in and receive significantly reduced sentences for their service and often end up working for Calfire upon release.
- virtue3 6y agothey -just- made a ruling that would overturn this, but this was not the case until -very-very-very- recently. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/20/californias-volunteer-inmate-firefighters-denied-jobs-after-release-column/987677002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/08/20/california...
- rurp 6y agoAccording to this article from a couple years ago the convict firefighters are frequently excluded from doing those jobs after being released. https://www.axios.com/how-inmates-who-fight-wildfires-are-later-denied-firefighting-jobs-1513306736-c63805dd-c2fb-4c04-a81e-1f9a7058ef34.html https://www.axios.com/how-inmates-who-fight-wildfires-are-la...