California's Incarcerated Firefighters to Receive Historic Pay Increase
Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles wildfires, inspiring new laws to improve their pay and open other opportunities.
Under laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, incarcerated firefighters will see an increase in pay, a new death benefit, and a faster path to expungement of their criminal records.
- Pay increase to meet the federal minimum wage during active fires
- New death benefit
- Faster path to expungement of criminal records
The wage increase, funded through the state budget, follows years of advocacy to improve pay and working conditions for incarcerated labor.
Author's summary: California's incarcerated firefighters get a pay increase.