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$1 An Hour to Fight Largest Fire in CA History: Are Prison Firefighting Programs Slave Labor? | Democracy Now!

14.8.18

$1 An Hour to Fight Largest Fire in CA History: Are Prison Firefighting Programs Slave Labor? | Democracy Now!: California relies on thousands of prisoners, including many women, to battle the wildfires burning statewide. Prisoner firefighters gain training and earn time off of their sentences for good behavior, typically two days off for each day served. But critics of the program say the state is exploiting prisoners’ eagerness to earn time for early release. While salaried firefighters earn an annual mean wage of $74,000 plus benefits, inmates earn just $2 per day with an additional $1 per hour when fighting an active fire. According to some estimates, California avoids spending about $80-$100 million a year by using prison labor to fight its biggest environmental problem.


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