Chandra Bozelko

Jan 24, 2025 | pressdemocrat.com | Chandra Bozelko

Kim Kardashian posted a plea to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Instagram saying wages for inmates fighting the Los Angeles County wildfires should be raised. Right now, they’re paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day with an additional $1 per hour during emergencies. Other celebrities called for a “parade” in honor of these incarcerated heroes — and for more leniency on their prison sentences.

Jan 21, 2025 | jonesborosun.com | Chandra Bozelko

Kim Kardashian posted a plea to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Instagram last week saying wages for inmates fighting the Los Angeles County wildfires should be raised. Right now, they’re paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, depending on their skill level, with an additional $1 per hour during emergencies. Other celebrities called for a “parade” in honor of these incarcerated heroes – and for more leniency on their prison sentences.

Jan 17, 2025 | thebrunswicknews.com | Chandra Bozelko

The Conservation Camp program, as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation calls it, is an exemplar of prison labor. It allows participants to live outside the prison and earn time off their sentences. After they've completed their terms, they are immediately eligible to have their records expunged which is necessary to get around California's licensing requirements to work as a firefighter. Newsom signed a bill in 2020 to assure this.

Jan 17, 2025 | miamiherald.com | Chandra Bozelko

Kim Kardashian posted a plea to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Instagram last week saying wages for inmates fighting the Los Angeles County wildfires should be raised. Right now, they're paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day with an additional $1 per hour during emergencies. Other celebrities called for a "parade" in honor of these incarcerated heroes - and for more leniency on their prison sentences.

Jan 15, 2025 | latimes.com | Chandra Bozelko

Inmate firefighters work at the Sunset fire in Hollywood on Jan. 8. The blaze was one of many throughout Los Angeles County. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)Kim Kardashian posted last week saying wages for inmates fighting the Los Angeles County wildfires should be raised. Right now, they’re paid between $5.80 and $10.24 per day with an additional $1 per hour during emergencies. called for a “parade” in honor of these incarcerated heroes — and for more leniency on their prison sentences.