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Train prison inmates as first-aiders and fire-fighters

by 8-BIT BOBBY Feb 6, 2022 3 Comments 3 Links

#community, #convict, #fire, #firstaid, #justice, #law, #prison, #society,

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MeterMan on February 7, 2022 at 2:24 am
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Idea: Train prison inmates as first-aiders and fire-fighters
Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/despe...
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‘In desperate need of these programs’: California to close inmate firefighting training center
Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-

“I honestly feel that if the programs go away, you’re going to have a whole lot of people going back to their bad ways,” a former inmate firefighter said.

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8-BIT BOBBY on February 6, 2022 at 11:46 pm
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Idea: Train prison inmates as first-aiders and fire-fighters
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-vmn_Ufn...
This is a great idea. It has worked well in California, where they need firefighters most – due to their naive choice of location of a large settlement.

California Leans Heavily on Thousands of Inmate Firefighters
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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Clever Dick on February 6, 2022 at 11:55 pm
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Idea: Train prison inmates as first-aiders and fire-fighters
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s...
Maybe – or maybe CF just got away without paying for professional firefighers – who are now looking for work!

I saved lives as an incarcerated firefighter. To California, I was just cheap labor
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-n

The state sees us as safe enough to handle emergencies – but after my release, I had no realistic path to a career in the field

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