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Nearly a third of California’s firefighters are incarcerated. Jaime Lowe’s new book highlights their stories MORE Jaime Lowe is a journalist, and the author of “Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California s Wildfires.” Photo by Philip Montgomery.
Nearly a third of the crews fighting wildfires in California are serving time in jails and prisons. That’s according to journalist and author Jaime Lowe, whose newest book “Breathing Fire” highlights the stories of several women who serve as firefighters as part of their sentences.
They’re called “fire camps,” and they’re located all around California. They’re facilitated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), one of the biggest prison systems in the country.
July 30, 2021
Friday visits will begin on August 13
SACRAMENTO.âAs part of Governor Newsomâs 2021-22 state budget, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will launch a third day of in-person visiting starting on Friday, August 13, 2021 at all 34 state prisons. Currently, visiting has been limited to Saturdays and Sundays.
The third day of in-person visiting received $20.3 million in the 2021-22 state budget in an effort to increase opportunities for incarcerated people to connect with their families and friends.
âThis has been a tough year for our population and their loved ones, and we are so excited to be able to expand visiting, and ensure they continue to have critical connections that can help with their rehabilitation,â said CDCR Secretary Kathleen Allison.
Audit: California prison program illegally spent $1.3M
By Don Thompson, Associated Press
Published July 30, 2021
A California prison program that employs inmates illegally spent $1.3 million on goods and salaries, including $82,000 in artificial turf that has gone unused, as part of a pattern of “gross misconduct,“ state auditors said Tuesday.
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They recommended disciplinary action against California Prison Industry Authority employees who authorized the spending and also executives they said repeatedly circumvented state civil service laws to favor relatives and friends for jobs and promotions.
The “repeated violations of state laws governing spending and hiring constitute gross misconduct,“ auditors said. The executives “neglected their duties as stewards of CalPIA funds, failed to act in the best interest of CalPIA, and harmed prospective job applicants.”
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