Dessalines@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agoCalifornia enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down116cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1177arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia enslaves 400 prisoners to fight wildfires.www.theguardian.comDessalines@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · edit-21 day agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFarvana@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·22 hours agoBut then those prisoners aren’t allowed to be hired by professional fire crews after release. Theu can’t apply the skills they learn.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·21 hours agoSource? As far as I can find, there are no laws in the US banning felons from being firefighters. A company can deny an application because of it, but it’s case-by-case, not some countrywide thing.
But then those prisoners aren’t allowed to be hired by professional fire crews after release.
Theu can’t apply the skills they learn.
Source? As far as I can find, there are no laws in the US banning felons from being firefighters. A company can deny an application because of it, but it’s case-by-case, not some countrywide thing.