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In December, the Bureau of Prisons said it was closing its troubled federal prison in Dublin, Calif., about 30 miles east of San Francisco, as well as five minimum-security prison camps in states from Florida to Colorado.

Founded by Hollywood producer Scott Budnick — who spearheaded this week’s fundraising — ARC runs programs inside all state prisons and two of the state’s minimum-security fire camps, one in Pine Grove, and the other in Georgetown.

The incarcerated firefighters have been drawn from among the 35 conservation fire camps run by the state, minimum-security facilities where inmates serve their time and receive training.

Stewart was sent to Alderson Federal Prison Camp, a minimum-security women's prison in West Virginia.

The fire camps, about 35 in the state, are minimum-security facilities run by the corrections department, Cal Fire and the Los Angeles County Fire Department.