Labor and housing advocate. Modern ML. Independent Journalist @iwwfju.bsky.social LGBTQ+ ally. Internationalist. LFC fan. MDNI Well-traveled, but living in Los Angeles. Free Palestine.
![Article from the ACLU, whose text is as follows, with some clarification:
"In 2014 the California prison system was ordered by a federal court to grant early release credits to minimum security prisoners to comply with a population cap imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The state's lawyers [under Attorney General Kamala Harris] argued against such early releases on the ground that would 'severely impact fire camp participation.' In other words, the state argued that people should be kept in prison not because they were dangerous, but so that they could continue doing work that would otherwise have to be done by public employees."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v4bguphd3c2547odaby6jjtd/bafkreiaafpdhg47rhhpycd7nnztxwn7vljmka6qgdmgcq2pw5yosdeer3a)
Labor and housing advocate. Modern ML. Independent Journalist @iwwfju.bsky.social LGBTQ+ ally. Internationalist. LFC fan. MDNI Well-traveled, but living in Los Angeles. Free Palestine.