Michael Thomas

formerly incarcerated man and participant in the Cuesta Fire Camp in San Luis Obispo

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The state legislature passed a bill that would allow people who’ve completed one of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s fire camps to petition a judge to…

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