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minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down12·14 hours agoYes the alternatives suck. But are you aware that there’s people who volunteer to be wilderness firefighters for free? Fire camp is a good program.
minus-squareFarvana@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 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-down5·13 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.
Yes the alternatives suck. But are you aware that there’s people who volunteer to be wilderness firefighters for free? Fire camp is a good program.
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.