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California’s Prison Covid-19 Outbreak Isn’t Behind Its Firefighter Shortage

Title (Dublin Core)

California’s Prison Covid-19 Outbreak Isn’t Behind Its Firefighter Shortage

Description (Dublin Core)

California, one of the most fire prone states in the nation, still relies on prisoners as firefighters. With a particularly bad fire season and a viral pandemic still raging through the country they find themselves in a precarious situation. In an effort to slow the spread of the virus correctional facilities have been releasing some incarcerated persons early. In California over three hundred of their prison labor firefighters have been released since July. This article explains more of the details.
California, incarceration, firefighter, wildfire, prison labor, early release, Covid

Date (Dublin Core)

August 20, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Yessenia Funes

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Chris Twing

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Gizmodo

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Environment & Landscape
English Government State
English Labor
English News coverage

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

wildfire
firefighter
prison
early release
pandemic
California

Collection (Dublin Core)

Incarceration
Environment

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/22/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/24/2020
08/02/2022
09/24/2024

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This item was submitted on August 22, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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