mynamejulian t1_iyb3vdf wrote
Reply to comment by Whitewing424 in Forced Uyghur labor is being used in China's solar panel supply chain, researchers say by chrisdh79
CA firefighters are what surprise me. Seems like there would be plenty of opportunities to escape if you wanted to
Whitewing424 t1_iybsmwk wrote
Only lower security prisoners are used as firefighters, and there is still a substantial amount of supervision involved. CA has a lot of wildfires and needs a lot of firefighters. It's a dangerous job and few are willing to do it, while the pay isn't that great for such a risky job. So they've got two choices: use prisoners for close to free labor, or pay firefighters more to attract more hires. I'm sure there's the occasional escape. Here's a news story about one in 2021: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/california-prisoner-steals-fire-engine-tries-to-escape-custody-while-fighting-wildfire-video/
They went with the cheaper, vastly more unethical option.
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