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Kim Kardashian wants inmate firefighter raises. A California lawmaker agrees.

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Incarcerated fire crew members earn $5.80 to $10.24 per day, with an extra $1 per hour for those assigned to an active emergency, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Incarcerated firefighters are on the front lines saving lives,” Los Angeles Democrat Isaac Bryan, the bill’s author, exclusively told POLITICO. “They are heroes just like everybody else on the front lines, and they deserve to be paid like it.” Kardashian, a criminal justice reform advocate, last weekend called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to increase their wages to a...

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