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Hundreds of prisoners are helping to battle the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Incarcerated firefighters earn $26.90 to $34 for each 24-hour shift. It's far below California's minimum wage of ...
Cal Fire pays an additional $1 an hour, regardless of firefighters' skill level. And when crews work a 24-hour shift, followed by a 24-hour period of rest, the lowest-skilled firefighter would ...
As California becomes more primed for disaster, inmates are picking up the pieces—and earning low pay. About 30% to 40% of the state’s forest-fire fighters are incarcerated people, according ...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) runs 44 conservation camps (also called fire camps) jointly with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The mission of the Conservation Camp program is to "support state, local and federal government ...
While CDCR inmate firefighters earn about $3 to $5 a day depending on skill level (and an extra $1 an hour when actively fighting fires), members of the California Conservation Corps and ...
Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, also known as Pitchess Detention Center or simply Pitchess, is an all-male county detention center and correctional facility named in honor of Peter J. Pitchess located directly east of exit 173 off Interstate 5 in the unincorporated community of Castaic in Los Angeles County, California.
Incarcerated firefighters with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp take a break while battling the Mountain Fire in Moorpark, Calif ...
In 1961, the California State Legislature adopted juvenile court reform laws, following recommendations from the governor's commission, in the first major reform since 1903. [4] In 1962, the department's headquarters moved to the new Los Angeles County Hall of Records at Civic Center , and Leland C. Carter was appointed chief probation officer.