What We Know About The California Wildfires

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 6:50 p.m.

Incarcerated firefighters make up a significant portion of the crews fighting the wildfires in California. But formerly incarcerated firefighter Rasheed Lockheart wonders: "Why can't our service and our time at these fire camps be our academy? We want equality in pay and the same opportunities as everybody else."

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