Incarcerated people are routinely called on to support emergency response efforts across the country, from the pandemic to wildfires.
As 2025 began, Los Angeles was ravaged by historic fires. Residents were forced to rely on firefighters to bravely confront walls of flames that threatened their homes and lives. Among the crews that responded, and continue to, were more than 1,000 incarcerated firefighters paid as little as $5.80 each day. With the fires now largely contained, we cannot forget their heroism. Stay up-to-date with the politics team.
To our surprise, it was his house. This was a man who controlled every move we made, who told us when we could and couldn’t talk to our own children, and who locked us in our cages every night. Saving his house wouldn’t and didn’t change that. It weighed on us, but we continued in and out of the flames. Recently, California's state attorneys argued in court against releasing people despite overcrowding because it would hinder the state’s ability to fight wildfires.
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