Kim Kardashian: “Prisoners who are firefighters are hardly paid”

For several days, hundreds of prisoners have been serving as volunteer firefighters to help fight the devastating fires in Los Angeles. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), these men earn between $5.80 and $10.24 per day, plus $1 per hour when responding to active emergencies.

After learning this information, Kim Kardashian gave a rant in a story on Instagram, Saturday January 11, 2025. She called on the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, to increase their salaries. “In the five fires in Los Angeles, there are hundreds of inmates serving as firefighters and risking their lives to save us,” she wrote. They are on the ground during the Palisades and Eaton fires in Pasadena, working around the clock. They get almost no pay, risk their lives, some have died to prove to the community that they have changed and They are now the first responders. I see them as heroes.”

The 44-year-old American added that these prisoners were only paid $1 an hour to “risk their lives” and that this salary had been the same since 1984. “This amount has never been increased in the event of ‘inflation. It was never increased when the fires got worse and caused many victims,” she said.

And the businesswoman recalled that a recent agreement had been concluded to increase the wages of these men to 5 dollars an hour, but that it had been “rejected at the last minute”. “I urge Gavin Newsom to do what no governor has done in four decades and raise their salaries to a level that honors a human being who risks his life to save our lives and our homes,” he said. she continued.

Kim took the opportunity to thank firefighters at the Ventura Training Center, which helps former inmates who have fought fires develop qualifications to apply for entry-level firefighting jobs. “Thanks to the bills, these guys can now get a reduced sentence, erasing the crimes from their criminal records for their service on fires,” she wrote. And when they come home, they can get six-figure jobs working for the fire department.”

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