California, Firefighters

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."
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 life to save our lives and homes."
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.
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."
Kim Kardashian wants inmate firefighter raises. A California lawmaker agrees.
As wildfires continue to scorch the Los Angeles area, a California state lawmaker is leading a push to give incarcerated firefighters pay raises — including those who are battling blazes for as little as $30 per day.
Kim Kardashian wants higher pay rate for inmate firefighters: 'I see them as heroes'
Kim Kardashian is calling on California's government to raise the pay rate for the state's incarcerated firefighters battling the devastating L.A. fires.
Kim Kardashian Called Out for Making L.A. Fires ‘Political’
Kim Kardashian made higher wages for incarcerated firefighters her latest “cause” amid California’s destructive wildfires, but one formerly incarcerated firefighter—Machete actor Danny Trejo—says the Kardashian is barking up the wrong tree.
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, ...
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 ...
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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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.
‘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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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 ...
Incarcerated firefighters are making as little as $27 a day to battle L.A.’s fires
The program has been criticized for being exploitative, but some incarcerated people say the firefighting initiatives can be ...
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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.
Over 1,000 prison inmates risking their lives fighting LA wildfires - for just 91p an hour
Fire crews are being lent a unique hand in trying to slow the blazes tearing through Los Angeles - California's Inmate ...