Kim Kardashian is continuing to use her platform to help bring attention to the mass incarceration epidemic in the United States. In her latest effort, Kardashian has teamed up with the Oxygen Network for the two-hour documentary titled
Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Report.The first trailer for the upcoming doc dropped on January 18 and shows Kardashian meeting with a handful of inmates as well as experts who have dedicated their lives to helping free those who have been given life sentences for non-violent first offences. Since beginning her efforts to reform the justice system, Kardashian has helped to free
17 inmates.In the first trailer for the doc, which is set to air April 5, great-grandmother
Alice Marie Johnson is included, sharing that Kardashian “went to war for me.” Johnson was serving a life sentence plus 25 years for a non-violent offence when Kardashian became involved in her case and helped to successfully campaign for clemency for Johnson, securing her release after she'd served 21 years.
Kardashian appeared on a Television Critics' Association panel on Saturday along with
The Justice Reports’ executive producers Vince DiPersio and Farnaz Farjam (Kardashian also acts as an executive producer on her new documentary) to talk more about her passion project. According to
Deadline, Kardashian said that she had no issue dealing with people who have accused her of releasing the documentary for publicity.[video_embed id='1657581']RELATED: Kim Kardashian West is following her dream of becoming a lawyer[/video_embed]“I’m very used to criticism, so nothing really fazes me,” West said. “I’m one of those not human souls who can really deal with it. However, I really genuinely just stay focused on cases and people . . . no, I’m not just doing it for publicity.”She further reinforced her commitment to the cause,
saying that it means she spends "20 hours a week away from my family and my kids, every single day," and it highly focused.The law student, who is in the middle of a
four-year apprenticeship with a law office in San Francisco, added that she has dedicated much of her time to the cause, noting that it can mean periods away from home. “Once you get so deep into the system, and I was really not aware of so much that (has gone on) for so long, you just can’t give up,” she said. “All the criticism in the world will not deter me from what I want to do.”In 2019, Kardashian was introduced as a "great friend" by President Trump during an appearance at the White House. Kardashian was there to announce a new
partnership with Uber, which would provide free rides to and from job interviews and job sites for former inmates. Then this weekend, Kardashian was asked whether she can continue using her relationship with the president to help advocate for the release of more prisoners.[video_embed id='-1']RELATED: Kim and Kanye are ‘proud’ of the family they’ve built[/video_embed]“I wish it was that easy,” West said. “There are a lot of issues that I might privately speak about with people in power that I feel strongly about. However, I stay extremely focused on an issue we see eye to eye on. I have been just really focused to get a lot done, keep my eyes focused on what we connect on.”
