From: ghost_of_morphy@theghostishere.com
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 06:31:51 GMT, "Critter" wrote:
>
>"RockyMtnAl" wrote in message
>news:20031106004641.12178.00000286@mb-m11.aol.com...
>> >> VALLEY CENTER ---- Five years ago, Derrick Edwards was robbing homes
>> >> and assaulting people. Thursday, he was one of the firefighters
>> >> protecting homes and saving lives as a state prison inmate working with
>> >> the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
>> >>
>> >> "People don't know we are out here fighting fires," he said, while
>> >> clearing brush on the La Jolla reservation below Palomar Mountain. "But
>> >> I feel good about saving somebody's property and lives."
>> >>
>> >
>> >This has been going on for years and i think it's a good program. The
>> >guys are paid and i think they prefer this activity over prison life.
>>
>> Hell, if DOC gave all inmates a million dollars upon their release, Demi
>would
>> find something to bitch about.
Well, of course. After all, it'd be abusive to the inmates human
rights if the DOC didn't pay interest on that money during the time
the inmate was incarcerated.
>
>It would be a start -
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>
>
>> The wildland firefighting program in California has been a model for
>several
>> other states. Not only does it provide a sense of accomplishment and
>> self-worth, but after their release from prison, many of these inmates are
>> hired by the state and federal agencies as seasonal firefighters.
>
>Felons are hired ? Really ? In the US ? Surely you jest.
>
>
>> Sure, it's
>> only seasonal work, but I know of seasonal federal firefighters last year
>who
>> made over $70,000 working the fire season.
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>They were'nt ex-cons. No way.
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