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Somehow this seems so wrong on so many levels…
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered the corrections’ department to join the state’s massive effort to combat the wildfires raging around San Diego. Not only do the prisons have a bunch of fire trucks to lend to the overtaxed fire departments, but the New York Times reports that more than 2,600 inmates, trained as firefighters, are now out there fighting to save Mel Gibson’s house San Diego.
