More than 900 prisoners were put in place to fight the L.A. bushfires... "One day, two days' imprisonment." [Anchor Report]

A major wildfire in LA, the United States, that has been going on for a week.

As the fire was rarely extinguished, such a desperate measure came out.

Even "prisoners" imprisoned in prison were put into extinguishing wildfires.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says 939 prisoners have been released temporarily and are assisting fire authorities.

Prisoners wear fire protection suits and clean up items that can be burned or build fire protection lines.

We do not use evolutionary equipment such as hoses.

What are the benefits of helping to extinguish wildfires like this?

When directly put into suppression, the number of days served is reduced by two days for each day of service.

Also, we get a wage of about 15,000 won, a little over $10 a day.

However, it is much lower than California's minimum wage of $16.5 an hour.

Prisoners in U.S. prisons have no right to refuse or choose what the correctional authorities tell them to do.

This also raises criticism.

In particular, U.S. human rights organizations oppose prisoners' deployment to disaster sites due to low wages and other reasons.

Although it is an urgent situation where foreign firefighters are joining due to the lack of firefighters to respond, the controversy is expected to continue.