"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." ...
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, ...
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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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, ...
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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 ...
Kim Kardashian Pushes For Incarcerated Firefighters To Be Paid More Amid LA Blazes
Kardashian called incarcerated firefighters "heroes" as she asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift wages for those "risking their ...
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 ...
‘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 ...