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Battling California fires, inmates find a chance at better role

source: Christian Science Monitor | Jul 14, 08 | submitted by Pat Coate

Big Sur, California, USA - The fire whirl came spinning up the steep slopes of Big Sur like a dust devil of flame.

For the prisoners, firefighting fosters new growth in their character, like Sequoia seeds loosed by wildfire.


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"We can be going from one fire to another driving down the highway, and people pull up just saying 'thank you' ... Even though I have to wear these colors, I still feel important."
- Anthony Candido, prison inmate/firefighter
 

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