Hundreds of thousands of inmates across the US have jobs — not just firefighting, but also more typical jobs like kitchen work, cleaning, and GED tutoring.

During the 2016 prison strikes, protesters characterized the practice as modern slavery. And with black people disproportionately likely to be incarcerated, there are racial disparities in this often forced, low-paid labor.

“Prisoners have to provide for their health care, their dental care. They have to buy clothes like jackets and boots, hygiene products, cosmetics, books, study materials, paper, tape, scissors…they do have to support themselves financially in a lot of ways,” she said.

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