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Ex-Las Vegas Raider Henry Ruggs is serving a sentence for vehicular manslaughter at a Nevada prison camp, where inmates work as 'ranch hands' and sleep in dorms.
When Benjamin Fowler was serving his second 10-year prison term, he didn’t see a clear path forward to a new life after his time was up. Now, in a few weeks, he will start a new job as a firefighter for the Forest Service in Sonoma County. In many ways, he is the face of a new programs success and the impact AB2147 has on the lives of the formerly incarcerated.
The first-of-its-kind program helps formerly incarcerated firefighters land jobs in the industry.
'We’re really learning more every day about how they create good, quality TV, and we’re trying to teach them a little bit more about the fire service.'
CAL FIRE’s decades-old reliance on prison labor is coming to an end. The state should invest in firefighting jobs.