Female prison inmates battle wildfires on path to redemption: ‘I’m here paying a price for that’

Fuente: New York Post

33 incarcerated women at Puerta La Cruz Conservation Camp are volunteering to be on the front lines this wildfire season in California as part of an effort to turn their lives around. CAL FIRE and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) have partnered on prison labor, specifically for women, ever since 1983. 8 California inmate firefighters using hand tools to battle a grass fire during a live fire wildland training exercise.