UHF (w/ Jade Kim)
MVC PATREON
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Prison Firefighting Propaganda
- Rivka Rivera acted in a Hallmark film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. that promoted a program where incarcerated women fight wildfires.
- The film's narrative centered on the idea that this dangerous work provides these women with 'selfless service' and a 'second chance'.
- However, the film ignored the fact that these women are not paid for their labor, cannot continue this work after release, and prisons are incentivized to keep them incarcerated longer to profit from these programs.
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