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Female inmate firefighters build character but often can’t use fire skills after release
Ginger Davidson, along with the other women on the Perryville crew, received certification on the proper use of chain saws during wildfires or any other assignments. (Source: Sinead Hickey/Special for Cronkite News)
By Catie Cheshire, Sinead Hickey and Miles Green | January 13, 2021 at 6:51 AM MST - Updated January 13 at 7:14 AM
PHOENIX – May Tiwamangkala remembers mornings at Perryville Prison west of Phoenix, when the Wildland Fire Crew members began chanting and stomping their feet on concrete to let the rest of the prison know it was 5 a.m. ....

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