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Camp funding and therefore staffing declined under the Governorship of Ronald Reagan from 1967 to 1975, before a resurgence in the 1980s emphasizing cost savings rather than rehabilitation. The first conservation camp for women was opened in 1983 with the conversion of the Rainbow Conservation Camp from a men's camp to a women's camp.
The California conservation or fire camp program is jointly run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, ... Two of the camps are specifically for incarcerated women.
The California Conservation Corps, CCC, is a department of the government of California, falling under the state cabinet-level California Resources Agency.The CCC is a voluntary work development program specifically for men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 (up to 29 for veterans [1]), offering work in environmental conservation, fire protection, land maintenance, and emergency response ...
Federal Emergency Relief Administration camp for unemployed women in Maine (1934) The She-She-She Camps were camps in the United States for unemployed women. The camps were organized by Eleanor Roosevelt as a female counterpart to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs designed for unemployed men. Roosevelt found that the men-only focus ...
Cal Fire Inmate Michael Nguyen, second from left, lines up his Crew 5 team members as they demonstrate their skills at the Growlersburg Conservation Camp in Georgetown in March.
CDCR operates 35 so-called fire camps across 25 different California counties, employing approximately 1,870 incarcerated people. Two of the camps are for incarcerated women.
The conservation camp program mission is to "support state, local and federal government agencies as they respond to emergencies such as fires, floods, and other natural or manmade disasters." Over 3,000 incarcerated people work at the conservation camps each year, including men, women, and juveniles.
Behind the scenes of smoke and flames, incarcerated individuals have volunteered to help keep California wildfires at bay and protect the communities they serve.