Inmate crews have been fighting wildfires as long as I remember. They were on all the lines when I worked for CDF back in the day. For every day on the line they got one day off their time. Nearly all were on their best behavior. They got all the food they could eat and got to sleep outside. Any inmate that got in trouble took the entire crew off the line and back to prison. I would think that guy was dealt with harshly. Women crews worked the kitchen and camp facility cleaning.
I visited Delta Camp a time or two. I passed by Parlin Fork, but never visited. The female inmates I saw, at a fire, north of Vacaville, were actually fighting the fire, not cooking.
Making the whole crew responsible for one inmate that screwed up sounds like an idea that may have had some merit.