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New Bill Aims to Increase Pay for Incarcerated Firefighters and Workers
Season 2025
Episode 373
Despite voter rejection of an anti-slavery measure last fall, Assembly Member Isaac Bryan is advancing two bills to raise wages for incarcerated workers: one that would pay incarcerated firefighters $19/hour and another to lift the decades-old wage cap on county jail workers.
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