California inmates fight wildfires - but if prisons can't supply enough crews, what's next?
Briefly

Hand crews are truly what extinguishes wildland fires. And we don't have enough of those in the state right now.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hopes a new two-year pilot targeted at younger inmates will help revive the conservation camp model and boost the pipeline for hand crew laborers.
Read at Sacramento Bee
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