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Kim Kardashian Advocates for Incarcerated Firefighters’ Pay Raise as Fires Devastate L.A.
Kim Kardashian is again leaping to defend the incarcerated and those she sees as unjustly treated by the U.S. government, this time advocating for incarcerated firemen in an Instagram Story posted over the weekend explaining how they are risking their lives to save the Los Angeles community for just $1 an hour.
Kim Kardashian calls for pay raise for incarcerated firefighters: 'I see them as heroes'
Kim Kardashian is calling for a pay raise for incarcerated firefighters, saying the "heroes" get "paid almost nothing" for risking their lives.
Kim Kardashian Pushes For Incarcerated Firefighters To Be Paid More Amid LA Blazes
Kardashian called incarcerated firefighters "heroes" as she asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift wages for those "risking their life to save our lives and homes."
Incarcerated Firefighters Battle California Blazes for Low Pay, Redemption
Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and up to $26.90 per day.
Why Incarcerated Firefighters Are Battling the L.A. Wildfires
As of Friday morning, 939 incarcerated firefighters have been working “around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel behind structures to slow fire spread,” CDCR told TIME in an emailed statement. This includes 110 members of a support staff helping the firefighters.
Kim Kardashian Called Out for Making L.A. Fires ‘Political’
Kim Kardashian made higher wages for incarcerated firefighters her latest “cause” amid California’s destructive wildfires, but one formerly incarcerated firefighter—Machete actor Danny Trejo—says the Kardashian is barking up the wrong tree.
Danny Trejo Blasts Kim Kardashian for Advocating for Incarcerated Firefighters: 'They're Fine'
The actor urges celebrities to prioritize wildfire victims over personal agendas, criticizing Kardashian's push for higher pay for incarcerated firefighters.
Kim Kardashian praises incarcerated firefighters battling LA wildfires
Kim Kardashian has commended an interview spotlighting incarcerated firefighters, drawing attention to their role amid the ongoing LA wildfires. The fires destroyed around 12,000 homes, businesses, schools and other structures,
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People Are Shocked To Learn Incarcerated Firefighters In California Are Being Paid As Little As $6 A Day
"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." ...
"This Is Not Rehabilitation This Is Slave Labor": People Are Shocked That Incarcerated Firefighters In California Are Paid As Little As $6 A Day
"It's really important that people remember they are people just like us and are doing a very important and dangerous job." ...
The Incarcerated Firefighters Battling the L.A. Wildfires
California’s incarcerated firefighters battle wildfires for minimal pay. WSJ’s Ben C. Solomon joins one crew on the Los ...
‘We Need Everyone’: How Two Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters Are Building a Movement
This story originally published in 2022, but has been updated to reflect the recent fires ravaging neighborhoods across Los ...
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Prison Labor in the Spotlight as Incarcerated California Firefighters Risk Lives for $5-10/Day
Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, ...
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Incarcerated Firefighters Do Risky, Low-Pay Work. Many Say It’s The Best Job Behind Bars.
More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their ...
How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
The Los Angeles-based Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to ending mass incarceration, started a fundraiser on ...
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Untold stories of LA fires: Incarcerated firefighters, Black Altadena and Octavia Butler’s warning
We continue our coverage of the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have killed at least 24 people as of Monday. Some 150,000 more have been forced to evacuate their homes and over 40, ...