Collected Item: “Don't Release Inmates, We Need Them to Fight Wildfires”
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Don't Release Inmates, We Need Them to Fight Wildfires
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images and article
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In an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 incarceration facilities across the nation have released a small number of people earlier than they would have been otherwise. This has created a unique situation in California, a state that relies on prison labor to combat wildfires every year. As the writer of this Tweet calls out, much of the general public and the nation's politicians believe "if you do the crime, you do the time" and feel this extends to using inmates for fighting fires.
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incarceration, prison, inmate, early release, wildfire, prison labor, fire fighter, politican
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https://twitter.com/jbrand07/status/1297278545195085824, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/22/us/california-wildfires-prisoners.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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Jessica Brand and New York Times author
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2020-08-22