‘Essential’: nearly 400 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
‘Essential’: nearly 400 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
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incarcerated firefighters
Slaves being used to defend mansions.
Eh, yeah sometimes but often they're working on critical firebreaks. That shit is backbreaking, climb out onto a hillside and dig a fucking trench kinda shit. They're not spraying garden hoses on McMansions.
source: i know some folks
Slaves being used for critical firebreaks
Much more accurate.
I'll make no defense of slavery.so don't.
I don’t think they were? The original point was that it was wrong to make slaves fight fires, especially in order to protect the wealthy. It wasn’t shitting on the slaves for being lazy.
No they're being directed by the same firefighters who bulldozed a bunch of BMWs to clear a path for the trucks
They take this shit seriously and even if the law doesn't respect these prisoners the firefighters know better than to waste limited labor on stupid bullshit
The first firefighting services were manned entirely by slaves.