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Wildfires Highlight Cheapness of Prisoner Lives
Loaded on March 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2001, page 14
Wildfires HighLight Cheapness of Prisoner Lives
Filed under:
Prison Industries,
Prison Labor,
Workplace Injury,
Work Conditions/Safety,
Wrongful Death,
Accidents.
Location:
Utah.
The summer of 2000 brought dev-
astating wildfires to the Western United States. By official count, some 25,000 firefighters were involved battling dozens of blazes across the West during the height of the fire season. That includes ground crews, air squads, fire engine personnel, ...
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