Travis Barker says he's been blown away by the inmates battling the Los Angeles wildfires ... telling us it's proof people who've made bad decisions can still do good things.
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00:00This is real redemption where you see people who have done the wrong thing who end up incarcerated and you're really putting a spotlight on how they can do good things.
00:12Their efforts to change their lives, yeah.
00:14It really had an impact on me when I saw that. I'm assuming it did on you.
00:18Yeah, it had a big impact on me when I heard about it.
00:21Scott Buttnick is really, really vocal in helping those guys out.
00:26When I heard about it, I just couldn't believe it.
00:28I'm like, this is so cool that these guys are out there and they get this chance to leave prison and go be firefighters, even if it is for a dollar an hour.
00:39When I heard their stories, a lot of them were saying when they made whatever bad decision they made, they were young.
00:47Their brain hadn't fully developed and they didn't stand by their decisions.
00:51They're out there fighting fires. They're our first responders.
00:55They're on the front line a lot of the time.
00:57I heard they were trying to pass a law where these guys could become real firefighters.
01:03When I heard about that, I said I really want to be vocal and I want to be loud because I spent a lot of time with these guys.
01:10It was really special to hear their stories.
01:14To just know something like this exists is so good for them.
01:19It has to be so discouraging just sitting in a prison cell.
01:23These guys are on good behavior and they're out fighting fires for us.
01:27It's pretty heroic.
01:29Just the idea that you're finding people who don't have a voice and that they're doing good things.
01:36I don't know, Travis. I just feel like this connects with a bigger picture and it's so valuable.
01:42I just think what you did is great.
01:44I wanted to be louder about it because I didn't really know about it.
01:49When I heard about this, I was like this is amazing.
01:52To talk to them and hear how discouraging just sitting in a prison cell staring at four walls is.
01:57When they get an opportunity to go do something like this and they're already on great behavior and they're fighting fires for a dollar an hour.
02:06I know that your sister-in-law, Kim, was very vocal about the fact that they should be paid more than a dollar an hour.
02:13I'm wondering if that was part of what inspired you to find out.
02:17I actually didn't know she went until I was there.
02:19Then they were like, oh, we met your sister-in-law.
02:21When I got there, they were just finishing a 24-hour shift.
02:2624-hour shift on, 24-hour shift off.
02:30I commend them and I really respect what they're doing.
02:35Like I said, I met them and our National Guards and they're just heroes.