California’s new legislation carves a path for prison firefighters to expunge their records and find jobs post-incarceration. The exploitative nature of the program remains, though, as do questions about the real impact of the law.
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California’s new legislation carves a path for prison firefighters to expunge their records and find jobs post-incarceration. The exploitative nature of the program remains, though, as do questions about the real impact of the law.
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