Kim Kardashian called for California to raise the wages of its incarcerated firefighter crews following the deadly wildfires that have devastated the state. Kardashian, who evacuated her home due to the blazes,

Kardashian’s statement went on, “The incarcerated firefighters have been paid $1/hour to risk their lives, and this pay has been the same since 1984. It has never been raised with inflation. It’s never been raised when fires got worse and many died.”

Kim Kardashian has publicly called for increased compensation for incarcerated individuals serving as firefighters amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. In a series of Instagram Stories posted