Source: Los Angeles Times
Most of the the people incarcerated by the state of California are required to work while serving their prison sentences. The labor they do includes construction work, hospice care, computer coding and firefighting (joining fire crews is volunteer-based). They earn as little as 8 cents an hour and up to $20.44 per hour, “depending on the assignment and required skill level,” according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.