Inmates taking part in the Conservation Camp run by California's corrections department are helping firefighters battle massive wildfires.

It’s wonderful. If these men are available and they can help out it’s a good step on both sides. It helps them do something good to society.

It shows they can be rehabilitated. It shows that they maybe don’t have to spend the rest of their lives being locked up and that they can be contributing members of their community.

-Jesse Ventura

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