As we watch the life-and-death fires rip through Southern California, we remember the public servants involved fighting losses. Did you know:
Public servants… [is a group that includes] civil servants but also encompasses individuals who work in various public sector roles, such as teachers, police officers, firefighters, and healthcare workers.
Today, 30% of the LA firefighters are recruited from the incarcerated population. This is expressly allowed in the 13th Amendment and has been practiced since WWII. Read more>>>
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
Inmate firefighters with Delta Conservation Camp construct a hand line during the Point Fire in Healdsburg, Calif., Sunday, June 16, 2024. (Photo by Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images