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"This Is Not Rehabilitation This Is Slave Labor": People Are Shocked That Incarcerated Firefighters In California Are Paid As Little As $6 A Day

"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job."

ZNetwork on MSN · 13h

Prison Labor in the Spotlight as Incarcerated California Firefighters Risk Lives for $5-10/Day

Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. As Los Angeles braces for more high winds that could bring what’s been described as “explosive fire growth,

BuzzFeed on MSN · 17h

People Are Shocked To Learn Incarcerated Firefighters In California Are Being Paid As Little As $6 A Day

"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." View Entire Post ›

Incarcerated Firefighters Battling the L.A. Wildfires

Wall Street Journal · 7h

The Incarcerated Firefighters Battling the L.A. Wildfires

California’s incarcerated firefighters battle wildfires for minimal pay. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon joins one crew on the Los Angeles fire line, showing their critical role in protecting communities.

Newsweek on MSN · 4d

Incarcerated Firefighters Battle California Blazes for Low Pay, Redemption

Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and up to $26.90 per day.

Glamour on MSN · 2d

Kim Kardashian Advocates for Incarcerated Firefighters Amid the California Wildfires

Aside from previously announced donations to those affected by the wildfires, Kardashian is calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to raise incarcerated firefighters' wages "to a rate [that] honors a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes."

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Kim Kardashian calls for pay raise for incarcerated firefighters: 'I see them as heroes'

Kim Kardashian is calling for a pay raise for incarcerated firefighters, saying the "heroes" get "paid almost nothing" for ...

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‘We Need Everyone’: How Two Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Are Building a Movement

This story originally published in 2022, but has been updated to reflect the recent fires ravaging neighborhoods across Los ...

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What it’s like to be an incarcerated firefighter

Eddie Herrera, a formerly incarcerated firefighter, talks about the job and how he sees what’s happening in Los Angeles.

Prison firefighters earn $1/hour in dangerous LA blazes

The reality star, Kim Kardashian, is using her massive platform to expose the unfair treatment of incarcerated firefighters.

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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, ...

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Hundreds of California prison firefighters join battle against Los Angeles wildfires

State prisoners have long been a part of California's firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles ...

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Why Incarcerated Firefighters Are Battling the L.A. Wildfires

As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel ...

News Nation on MSN2d

Incarcerated firefighter program turns ‘negative into positive’

Royal Ramey previously worked as a firefighter while incarcerated and now wants to help others follow a similar path.

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