Prisoners Are Getting Paid $1.45 a Day to Fight the California Wildfires

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As firefighters in California battle the deadliest wildfires in
the state’s history, they are joined by unlikely allies against the
blaze. About 200 prisoners in California’s Conservation Camp program are
fighting the fires alongside civilian employees, earning just $1.45 a
day for their work. Their pay as workers is a fraction of minimum wage.
The hazard to their lives is real, as evidenced by a death toll that has
climbed steadily.

Prisoners Are Getting Paid $1.45 a Day to Fight the California Wildfires