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sarah hoye reports. >> reporter: fighting wildfires in california dirty, difficult, and dangerous jobwild land firefighters are often need deep in rugged and hard to reach terrain. from sun up to sundown, these men and women usually work a wildfire 24 hour shifts. what are you in for in >> assault with a deadly weapon and 2-11. >> i'm in for assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm. >> reporter: they are fire fighting convicts. the state of california has roughly 4,000 volunteer inmate firefighters including some 300 women. stationed at 42 sites. so what would you say is the biggest misconception out there? >> i don't think the nation really knows how much that they contribute to the conservation program, but when they are saving those homes, the community just doesn't care whether they are inmates or free california people. >> reporter: close to 3400 wildfires have blackened portions of the golden state, and the fire season is still young. despite the taxing work, kirby is back for his third season. >> this is my first time being in prison. and i'm not what you would call a career
sarah hoye reports. >> reporter: fighting wildfires in california dirty, difficult, and dangerous jobwild land firefighters are often need deep in rugged and hard to reach terrain. from sun up to sundown, these men and women usually work a wildfire 24 hour shifts. what are you in for in >> assault with a deadly weapon and 2-11. >> i'm in for assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm. >> reporter: they are fire fighting convicts. the state of california has roughly...
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sarah hoye reports. >> reporter: fighting wildfires in california.t's a dirty, difficult, and dangerous job. while land firefighters are often knee deep in rugged and hard to reach terrain. from sun up to sundown, these men and women usually work 24-hour shifts. >> reporter: what are you in for? >> assault with a deadly weapon and 2-11. >> reporter: what is 2-11? >> robbery? >> i'm in for assault with a deadly weapon firearm. >> reporter: they are all charged with a low-level felony or less. they have roughly 4,000 inmate volunteer firefighters. what is the biggest misconception out there? >> i don't think the nation really knows how much that they con trick bought to the conservation program. but when they are saving those homes, the community just doesn't care whether they are inmates or free california people. they are just thankful. >> reporter: close to 3400 wildfires blackened portions of the golden state, and the fire season is still young. despite the taxing work this man is back for his third season. >> this is my first time being in prison
sarah hoye reports. >> reporter: fighting wildfires in california.t's a dirty, difficult, and dangerous job. while land firefighters are often knee deep in rugged and hard to reach terrain. from sun up to sundown, these men and women usually work 24-hour shifts. >> reporter: what are you in for? >> assault with a deadly weapon and 2-11. >> reporter: what is 2-11? >> robbery? >> i'm in for assault with a deadly weapon firearm. >> reporter: they are all...
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sarah hoye, al jazeera california. >> >> the police chief from some of the nation says biggest cities have recommendations for ending the growing trend of violent crime. homicides have spiked 19% in 35 major cities this year. they called for better cooperation with communities along with better support for officers. >> the police around this country understand what part of crime fighting we owe but we also understand that when you talk about things that impact community safety, it is the entire criminal justice system. it's public health system. it's how we deal with folks that have mental illnesses. >> the chiefs called for enhanced penalties for gun crimes and sentencing reforms. >> walmart k-mart, amazon and other retailers have agreed to pay new york more than $300,000 in fines. they admit violating laws meant to prevent the sale of real looking toy guns. >> not one of the guns in this arsenal is real, but it can be difficult to tell. that's why new york passed laws years ago requiring bright markings at the sides and tip of the toy guns barrel. that hasn't stopped some retailers.
sarah hoye, al jazeera california. >> >> the police chief from some of the nation says biggest cities have recommendations for ending the growing trend of violent crime. homicides have spiked 19% in 35 major cities this year. they called for better cooperation with communities along with better support for officers. >> the police around this country understand what part of crime fighting we owe but we also understand that when you talk about things that impact community...
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"america tonight's" sarah hoye reports. >> reporter: fighting fires in california, it's a dirty, difficult and dangerous job. wildlife firefighters are often knee-deep in rugeds and hard to reach terrain. from sun up to sundown, these men and women usually work a wildfire in 24--hour shifts. >> what are you in for? >> assault with a deadly weapon and robbery. >> i'm assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm. >> all of these men are convicts, all charged with a low level felony. they have 20,000 inmate firefighters, 300 women, stationed at 300 sites. >> what would you say is the biggest misconception out there? >> i don't think that the nation knows how much they contribute to the conservation program. but when they're saving their homes, the community doesn't care if they're inmates or free people. they're just thankful. >> close to 3400 wildfires blackened the golden state. and the fire season is still young. despite the taxing work, he's back for his third season. >> this is my first time being in prison, and i'm not what you would call a career criminal. and i wanted to do the best i
"america tonight's" sarah hoye reports. >> reporter: fighting fires in california, it's a dirty, difficult and dangerous job. wildlife firefighters are often knee-deep in rugeds and hard to reach terrain. from sun up to sundown, these men and women usually work a wildfire in 24--hour shifts. >> what are you in for? >> assault with a deadly weapon and robbery. >> i'm assault with a deadly weapon with a firearm. >> all of these men are convicts, all charged...
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sarah hoye has the story. >> it was jewel 27th, 2005. a nice day.guys was asking me questions about the job. we were talking. the shots rang out. >> shots fired. >> reporter: derek owens was just 21 years old when a stranger shot him twice while on his way home from work. he was paralyzed and would never walk again. he was unensured at the time of his shooting. leaving the hospital to pick up the initial happ tab. >> reporter: what was the total bill from start to now? >> looking at like -- almost like $10 million. >> reporter: $10 million. >> $10 million. >> reporter: a university of chick crime lab study puts the cost of gun violence nationwide about $100 million a year. with shootings in the windy city alone costing about $2,500 per household. that's over a million dollars for just the first year of medical bills. added to that are court costs. mental health care and unemployment. michael brown was driving in the north suburbs when he heard the window crack. >> it felts like someone had punched me in my left shoulder in the back. >> reporter: he
sarah hoye has the story. >> it was jewel 27th, 2005. a nice day.guys was asking me questions about the job. we were talking. the shots rang out. >> shots fired. >> reporter: derek owens was just 21 years old when a stranger shot him twice while on his way home from work. he was paralyzed and would never walk again. he was unensured at the time of his shooting. leaving the hospital to pick up the initial happ tab. >> reporter: what was the total bill from start to now?...
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fight to save acres of land. 40%, 4,000 of those firefightser are prisoners , "america tonight's" sarah hoye joins us here in new york. these are prisoners right? i wonder what motivates them to go out and fight fires. >> the actual inmates who volunteer to do this work, what motivates them is they're actually able to have some redemption, do something that betters their own lives, savers forests but saves people, giving them a true sense of purpose if you will. >> did you get a sense of purpose there? >> i absolutely did. and with the two gentlemen we spoke to at length, the sense of they were almost embarrassed to talk about what got them there right? these were real people who happened to do a crime but yet they're paying for that crime right? they're locked up. but now they have this chance to better themselves. one of the gentlemen we met he is a father, he has two children and this is something that doesn't just say, i'm criminal i did something bad but look at what i'm doing now. >> we'll look at an excerpt of your report. >> what are you in for? >> assault with a deadly weapon and 21
fight to save acres of land. 40%, 4,000 of those firefightser are prisoners , "america tonight's" sarah hoye joins us here in new york. these are prisoners right? i wonder what motivates them to go out and fight fires. >> the actual inmates who volunteer to do this work, what motivates them is they're actually able to have some redemption, do something that betters their own lives, savers forests but saves people, giving them a true sense of purpose if you will. >> did you...
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"america tonight's" sarah hoye met some of them in california. sarah joins us here in new york. sarah, these are prisoners, right? i wonder what motivates them to go out and fight fires? >> they are actually inmates who volunteer to do the work. what motivates them is that they are actually able to have a little redemption, do something that betters their own lives and also saves others. and saves forests but also saved people. so it gives them a true sense of purpose, if you will. >> did you get a taste of that, of that sense of purpose. >> i a. absolutely did. with the two gentlemen that we spoke with at length what was interesting to hear from them was kind of the sent that they were almost embarrassed to talk about what got them there. right? these were real people who happened to do a crime but yet they are paying for that crime. right? they are locked up. but now they have this chance to better themselves. and so one of the gentlemen we met, you know, he's a father, he has two children. and so this is that just doesn't say i am a criminal and i did something but but look a
"america tonight's" sarah hoye met some of them in california. sarah joins us here in new york. sarah, these are prisoners, right? i wonder what motivates them to go out and fight fires? >> they are actually inmates who volunteer to do the work. what motivates them is that they are actually able to have a little redemption, do something that betters their own lives and also saves others. and saves forests but also saved people. so it gives them a true sense of purpose, if you...
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. >> sarah hoye, al jazeera. >> you can watch america tonight weeknights at 10:00 eastern. >> contaminated rivers reopen in colorado, but there are fears the water may still hold dangers from the toxic mine spill. >> an active duty soldiers move to the front line to help combat 100 wildfires burning across the western u.s. >> welcome to al jazeera america. it's about a quarter until eight in the east. we'll take a look at the top stories. two female soldiers will become the first women to ever graduate from the u.s. army's elite ranger school. the army said they will complete training on friday. ranger training is considered some of the toughest in the military. under current rules, the women will not be allowed to take combat positions. >> a new report condemns california police with how they ended a standoff with a bank robber. two suspects and a hostage died after a long car chase. the report found officers went too far, firing 600 shots at the suspect's car. >> royal dutch shell received final permission to drill for oil off alaska's northwest coast. it's the first time federal regulat
. >> sarah hoye, al jazeera. >> you can watch america tonight weeknights at 10:00 eastern. >> contaminated rivers reopen in colorado, but there are fears the water may still hold dangers from the toxic mine spill. >> an active duty soldiers move to the front line to help combat 100 wildfires burning across the western u.s. >> welcome to al jazeera america. it's about a quarter until eight in the east. we'll take a look at the top stories. two female soldiers will...