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Sheddling Light on Prisons and Jails

LA wildfires highlight unfair conditions for incarcerated workers

Among the brave first responders who helped contain this year’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires were more than 900 incarcerated firefighters. Working 24-hour shifts on “hand crews” that dig firebreaks and clear brush to keep the infernos from spreading, incarcerated workers for Cal Fire could expect to make just a little over $1 per hour. Their […]

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Fanning the Flames of the Housing Crisis: How Insurance Companies Left Thousands in LA to Suffer Alone

By Driss El-Hassan Prior to the Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California, over 1,600 insurance policies in these neighborhoods were dropped by State Farm as far back as July, 2024. CBS News San Francisco also discovered that State Farm dropped over 2,000 policies in multiple other regions in LA including Monte Nido, Brentwood, Hidden

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