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Rural Counties Increasingly Use Inmates as Firefighters and EMTs, With No Pay and Little Protection

This story was originally published by The Conversation. If you call 911 in rural Georgia, the nearest emergency responders might come from the local prison. In 1963, the Georgia Department of Corrections began a program to train incarcerated people as firefighters to support not only their prisons, but also the surrounding communities. Over time, the program has […]