Meet AZ's Only All-Woman Inmate Firefighting Crew

Twenty women from the Perryville prison complex make up the only all-female inmate crew in Arizona.
Nov. 15, 2017

Twenty women from the Perryville prison complex make up the only all-female inmate firefighting crew in Arizona, sometimes putting in 16-hour days during the height of wildfire season.

"I'd put this crew up against any crew," said Perryville Fire Crew Capt. Joe Barreras.

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