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“Fire Escape,” a new podcast from Snap Judgment and KQED, follows the story of Amika Mota, who while serving a nine-year prison sentence, joins an all-women firefighting crew. They fight wildfires. And serve as the remote prison community’s primary emergency response team. Her experience offers her a path for redemption, but also raises troubling issues about how we use prison labor. We talk to Mota and other formerly incarcerated firefighters about their experience.
Guests:
Anna Sussman, senior producer and managing editor, Snap Judgment
Amika Mota, Executive Director and Founding Member, Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition
Laquisha Johnson, former member of wildland fire camp
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“Fire Escape,” a new podcast from Snap Judgment and KQED, follows the story of Amika Mota, who while serving a nine-year prison sentence, joins an all-women firefighting crew. They fight wildfires. And serve as the remote prison community’s primary emergency response team. Her experience offers her a path for redemption, but also raises troubling issues about how we use prison labor. We talk to Mota and other formerly incarcerated firefighters about their experience.
Guests:
Anna Sussman, senior producer and managing editor, Snap Judgment
Amika Mota, Executive Director and Founding Member, Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition
Laquisha Johnson, former member of wildland fire camp
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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