According to a 2018 Time Magazine report, incarcerated firefighters were four times more likely to sustain injuries compared with professional firefighters working on the same fires.

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    And Californians voted against ending prisoner slavery 👍

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    they took money away from the firefighters to overarm their police, then decided to use prison labour to fight the fires.

    fucking hell. I’m starting to understand why they were so stupid as to keep the gum trees now.

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    Hey, I’m pretty sure this is the opening scene to a show on Netflix. Can’t remember what it was called because I didn’t enjoy it, but that was actually how I ended up discovering this is even a thing