California
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.
Deshaun Curtis-Simmons wanted to become a firefighter since childhood, and now the 22-year-old's dream has come true: He's battling the blazes whipping across the Pacific Palisades, a wealthy neighborhood in the Westside region of Los Angeles.
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