Inmate firefighters leave an assignment while battling a wildfire in Guinda, Calif., Sunday July 1, 2018. Evacuations were ordered as dry, hot winds fueled a wildfire burning out of control Sunday in rural Northern California, sending a stream of smoke some 75 miles (120 kilometers) south into the San Francisco Bay Area. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Tracy Snyder, Correctional Captain and Fire Camp Liason, shares how much inmate firefighters receive for working on the fire lines, what the criteria is for eligibility, the benefits of volunteering for this program for the prisoner, what effect she has witnessed from the inmates who have participated, whether there have been any notable issues, how they are treated in the fire camps, and the rigors of being a fire volunteer:
