Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners, working as “incarcerated firefighters,” are among the emergency responders fighting the blazes, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to ABC News. The prisoners, who voluntarily sign up to be a part of the Conservation (Fire) Camps Program, are embedded with the Califor…

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Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, according to the California Dept. of Corrections.

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Prisoners are also currently fighting the fires in California - saving the state millions this way. The artist Kim Abeles worked with imprisoned female firefighters a few years ago and gained insight into what motivates the women.

Auch Strafgefangene kämpfen derzeit in Kalifornien gegen die Brände – der Staat spart so Millionen. Die Künstlerin Kim Abeles hat vor einigen Jahren mit inhaftierten Feuerwehrfrauen zusammengearbeitet und Einblick gewonnen, was die Frauen motiviert.

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Nearly a thousand inmates work as firefighters to save Los Angeles. Kim Kardashian believes they deserve better pay.

Nesten tusen innsatte jobber som brannmenn for å redde Los Angeles. Kim Kardashian mener de fortjener bedre lønn.

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The firefighters extend the control of the surfaces that have burned in the last days despite the revived extreme winds, which are expected to abate from this Wednesday

Los bomberon amplían el control de las superficies que han ardido en los últimos días a pesar de los reavivados vientos extremos, que se prevé que amainen a partir de este miércoles

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Sierra in hand, Jacob Castro opens firewalls in the hills around Los Angeles. It’s hard work, but for him, who has been imprisoned for 29 years, it’s an opportunity for redemption. “It’s the first thing I’ve done in my life that I’m proud of,” Castro told AFP on a brief break from work. Castro is one of over 900 inmates who work alongside firefighters in containment work, as well as in support of operations, in the complicated fight against the …

Sierra en mano, Jacob Castro abre líneas cortafuegos en las colinas alrededor de Los Ángeles. Es un trabajo duro, pero para él, que ha estado preso por 29 años, es una oportunidad de redención. «Es la primera cosa que he hecho en mi vida de la que estoy orgulloso», dijo Castro a la AFP en un breve descanso del trabajo. Castro es uno de los más de 900 reclusos que trabajan junto a los bomberos en labores de contención, así como en apoyo en las op…

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(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners, working as “incarcerated firefighters,” are among the emergency responders fighting the blazes, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to ABC News. The prisoners, who voluntarily […]

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