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Disaster work is often carried out by prisoners – who get paid as little as 14 cents an hour despite dangers

  • Written by J. Carlee Purdum, Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Disaster work is often carried out by prisoners – who get paid as little as 14 cents an hour despite dangersPrisoners clearing vegetation to prevent the spread of a wildfire in Yucaipa, CaliforniaDavid McNew/AFP via Getty Images

Efforts to beat back wildfires ravaging Western states in the U.S. have been hampered this year by depleted numbers of “orange angels” – incarcerated workers deployed as firefighters.

Their lower numbers coincide...

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