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| Thousands Of Inmates Serve Time Fighting The West's Forest Fires |
| By wbur.org- Alex Helmick |
| Published: 08/01/2014 |
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As wildfire season rages in California, firefighting help is coming from an unexpected place: prison. Thousands of low-level offenders have become a crucial component of how the state battles wildfires. If there's a wildfire here, there are inmates battling it. Emir Dunn is one of the inmates working a wildfire in the mountainous area of northern California near Oregon. The fire has already scorched nearly 13,000 acres and the temperatures here are unrelenting. Read More. |
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