Ppl have asked about the statistic re: ~33% of California's state wildland firefighters are incarcerated people. This is from CDCR reporting, and has now been widely reported, e.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/01/09/inmates-makes-up-nearly-a-third-of-those-fighting-la-fires/#:~:text=CDCR%20has%20tried%20to%20expand,30%25%20of%20the%20wildfire%20workforce For more, see Feldman's work + Lowe's "Breathing Fire" book (amongst others)