'These people want to work.' Kim Kardashian West visited the White House to speak about a new initiative aimed at helping former inmates get jobs out of prison.
Washington Reality television star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian West visited the White House Thursday to speak about a new initiative aimed at helping former inmates get jobs out of prison.
Building off of criminal justice reform legislation President Donald Trump signed last year, the White House announced plans Thursday to engage agencies, nonprofits and the private sector to provide former inmates"a second chance at success." Introducing Kardashian West, Trump called her"a good person," adding that"soon she'll be one of the most successful lawyers.
Jessica Jackson, the national director of criminal justice advocacy group #cut50, who is traveling with Kardashian West today, said the event will focus on"how agencies and the private sector are stepping up to help people coming home from prison reintegrate and succeed."Kardashian West visited the White House under Trump to lobby for Alice Marie Johnson's prison sentence to be commuted last year.
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