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Nearly 800 California Prisoners Battle Huge Los Angeles Wildfires—for About $1 an Hour

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2025 published in Prison Legal News February, 2025, page 60
Filed under: Prison Labor, Emergency Aid Doctrine, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Location: California.

As the Santa Ana winds fanned an unprecedented number of wildfires that destroyed or damaged nearly 10,000 Los Angeles homes by January 10, 2025, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) said that firefighting crews included 783 state prisoners. They were drawn from more than 1,800 prisoners held in ...

 

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