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In reply to the discussion: 30 Percent of California's Forest Firefighters Are Prisoners [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)44. These are seasonal firefighters.
I'm sure your friend would rather have a permanent, full-time position.
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Perhaps. Perhaps this situation and this particular prison system is an exception
RadiationTherapy
Aug 2015
#58
You are mostly correct in those assumptions about the California Department of Corrections
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2015
#59
Convicts of which laws? Outcomes of which prejudices and systemic pressures?
RadiationTherapy
Aug 2015
#57
Are you forgetting they get two days off their sentence for every day worked
yeoman6987
Aug 2015
#56
Of course it has issues, but there's no evidence of abuse in the CalFire program.
Xithras
Aug 2015
#10
Drug laws and homelessness laws are typically the ones that do little more than fill prisons.
RadiationTherapy
Aug 2015
#11
Prison labor profits both Ca AND the companies that provide it. Kamala Harris is plain creepy here.
stuffmatters
Aug 2015
#12
So you woudl rather have these people come in and out of prison for the rest of their lives?
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2015
#45
+1000, they want to be outside the walls. Make them feel free. No one is forcing them either. nt
Logical
Aug 2015
#52
Will they get recognition as "first responders?" AND don't forget a huge portion of cheap labor
kelliekat44
Aug 2015
#62