On LA fire lines, inmates shoulder heavy packs and tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
- Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires, the largest and most destructive of about a half-dozen fires that burned in the Los Angeles area in the past two weeks.
- Inmates, many earning less than $30 a day for their efforts, risk their lives to save others, but they are not paid on par with other firefighters.
- Assemblymember Isaac Bryan introduced a bill this week that would pay inmates the same as the lowest-paid non-incarcerated firefighter on the frontlines, stating that "I think it's appropriate for us to have a conversation about what equity looks like even in the midst of a natural disaster.
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