reverseracism:

destinyrush:

This is slavery.

EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE:

…“Other inmates are not at all pleased by the wages, particularly considering the incredible hazards of the job. La’Sonya Edwards, an inmate who fights fires in southern California, told the New York Times in August that she makes around $500 per year in camp, plus an extra few hundred for working on the fire line. The salary of a full time civilian fighter starts at around $40,000.

‘‘The pay is ridiculous,’’ she told the paper. ‘‘There are some days we are worn down to the core,’’ she said. ‘‘And this isn’t that different from slave conditions. We need to get paid more for what we do.’’

Incarcerated or not, California’s fires are working firefighters to exhaustion. Though there are around 800 personnel working around the clock to contain them, their strength is being tested.

“There’s no doubt there’s extreme fatigue,” Cal Fire’s deputy incident commander in Napa, Barry Biermann, told the Los Angeles Times. “They are pushing it to the limits. Everyone is.””

Link to article: https://jezebel.com/incarcerated-women-are-fighting-on-the-front-lines-of-c-1819376951?utm_campaign=socialfow_jezebel_twitter&utm_source=jezebel_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow