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Prisoners Deserve a Fair Wage Too

As wildfires raged across the West Coast this summer, California faced a uniquely American problem: they were short on their usual band of inmate firefighters—who usually work for under $2 a day—after many had been released to limit the spread of COVID-19. In a cruel twist, California would not hire formerly incarcerated individuals with years of firefighting experience due to their prior convictions, despite the … Continue reading Prisoners Deserve a Fair Wage Too »