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Watch: Kim Kardashian West returns to the White House to talk Criminal Justice Reforms

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American Reality Star, Kim Kardashian West has returned to the White House to promote efforts to help those leaving prison return to work. She has been advocating for criminal justice reform.

Mrs. West was welcomed by President Donald J. Trump to speak at the second chance hiring and re-entry event.

Taking the stage at the East Room, Kim Kardashian announced a ride-share partnership where ex-prisoners are given gift cards so that they can travel to and from interviews.

“Everyone wants the community to be safe, and the more opportunity we have and that they have and the support that we help give them, the safer everyone will be,” she said.

Kardashian West has been to the White House several times to discuss criminal justice reform issues.

She has successfully lobbied Mr Trump to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving life without parole for drug offences.

White House officials have been working to make sure that prisoners released early because of the passage of the First Step Act have the tools and jobs they need to successfully adjust to life outside prison.

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More than 1,000 federal inmates have had their sentences reduced because of the legislation, according to a recent report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

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Source: www.standard.co.uk

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