California uses incarcerated firefighters to help battle the wildfires, but these men and women are also fighting stigma.

The army of firefighters battling the massive Southern California wildfires includes workers who could otherwise remain safely behind bars.As of Friday, 939 prison inmates have been deployed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to help contain the blazes,

The Los Angeles Fire Department said it was running a recall for its off-duty members, not anyone with firefighting experience.