california's forest firefighters are state prison inmates. yes, you heard that right. that's because 4,000 low-level felons in the state's prison system are part of a program that allows them to earn wages doing manual labor outside. from clearing brush to starting fires. they live in concentration camps scattered throughout the state. california is the largest program of its kind. the inmates are supervised and crowsen based on good behavior as well as what they were convicted of. for instance those convicted of arson, for obvious reasons, are barred from the program. each day they work in the program, the inmates receive a two-day reduction in sentences. they're paid $1 an hour while on the line fighting fires. it's estimated that the program has saved the state of california up to $100 million a year according to the spokesperson for the california department of correction and rehabilitation, the agency that runs the program with cal fire and the inmates cut containment lines and...