Train prison inmates as first-aiders and fire-fighters

MeterMan on February 7, 2022 at 2:24 am

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

“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.

Clever Dick on February 6, 2022 at 11:55 pm

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

8-BIT BOBBY on February 6, 2022 at 11:46 pm

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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