Hacker News with Generative AI: Prison Labor

More than 1,100 inmates help Cal Fire battle for less than $30 a day (abc7.com)
Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions - including howling winds and toxic smoke - to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires, the largest and most destructive of about a half-dozen fires that burned in the Los Angeles area in the past two weeks.
US prisoners are given dangerous jobs. But what if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)