Incarcerated Firefighters Battling the L.A. Wildfires

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Over a thousand incarcerated firefighters are putting out LA’s fires. Their families can’t contact them.
Los Angeles County, more than 300 miles away from her home in Modesto. To figure out whether he might be on the front lines, ...
How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on ...
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Incarcerated Firefighters Do Risky, Low-Pay Work. Many Say It’s The Best Job Behind Bars.
More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their ...
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 ...
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Actor Danny Trejo Slams Kim Kardashian for Making L.A. Wildfires 'Political' Following Her Post About Underpaid Incarcerated Firefighters: Watch
Danny Trejo doesn’t support Kim Kardashian’s latest “cause.” On Wednesday, January 15, the Machete actor, 80, dissed the ...
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Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning
We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...
‘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 ...
Kim Kardashian Urges Higher Wages For Inmates Who Serve As Firefighters: “I See Them As Heroes”
Kim Kardashian is calling attention to the many incarcerated firefighters who are battling the flames that have overtaken Los ...