FIRST ON FOX: Kim and Khloé Kardashian walked into a California prison Monday morning with a different goal in mind – guiding a group of young influencers through the American criminal justice system.
“It’s always an honor to be able to visit the men and women living behind our prison walls,” Kardashian, a longtime criminal justice reform advocate, said Monday after spending several hours at the California State Prison of Los Angeles County in Lancaster with members of the REFORM Alliance, a group that aims to help ex-cons successfully return to society, and a number of young social media stars.
“Hearing the stories of people trapped in the prison system is what drives my commitment to advocate for reform and find ways to leverage my platform to help change lives and laws,” she said of the visit, which began around 9:30 a.m.
In a proverbial generational shift, the social media and reality TV superstar said the goal of the trip was to introduce a new group of Gen-Z influencer to key issues of criminal justice and proposals for reform.
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They are called the Future Shapers Advisory Council, which was established in February and includes Hannah Jackson, Rondo Bonilla, Charli D’Amelio, Dixie D’Amelio, Sophia Kianni, CJ Stroud, Zander Moricz, Jack Wright, Bryce Young, Jax Ajueny, and Aidan Kohn-Murphy.
Kardashian, for years a prominent criminal justice reform advocate, in 2018 famously lobbied then-President Trump for the release of Alice Johnson, who served 21 years in prison for a nonviolent offense.
“We are building up the next generation of leaders and influencers who will join us in this fight,” she said.
The prison’s inmate roster in the past has included Joseph Son, the former “Austin Powers” actor who killed a cellmate while serving time for another crime, and the prolific serial murderer Samuel Little.
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