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Kim Kardashian is shedding light on the mass incarceration issue in the US through an upcoming
Oxygen documentary called
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project. The two-hour-long documentary will follow Kardashian as she engages with various incarcerated people and their families.
The trailer of the documentary series shows a clip of the reality star listening to a man who has been in prison since he was 16 years old, and has served 23 years so far.
Kardashian also shared in the clip that “people deserve a second chance.”
A 2018 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that by end 2016, 2.2 million adults were living in America’s prisons.
This series follows the 39-year-old’s announcement that she is working to become a lawyer. Since then, she has lobbied for President Trump to
pardon Alice Marie Johnson, who was charged under a drug and money-laundering case and had been sentenced to prison for life.
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project will be available on
Oxygen on 5 April 2020. Watch the trailer below.
[via
Teen Vogue, images via
Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com]