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Kim Kardashian’s New Documentary Details Her Efforts Against Mass Incarceration

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-buy-out-movie-theaters-for-fans-to-see-just-mercy&sol;">Kim Kardashian<&sol;a> has her hands in so many different things&comma; it makes you wonder how she finds time to do it all&period; Aside from being a wife to Kanye West&comma; a mother to their four adorable children&comma; a successful beauty mogul and future lawyer—Kim is now tackling the mass incarceration problem&period; She has a new documentary coming on the subject and the first sneak peek has just been revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Set to air on the Oxygen network&comma; the trailer for Kim Kardashian’s documentary &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kim Kardashian West&colon; The Justice Project” <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2020&sol;tv&sol;news&sol;kim-kardashian-criminal-justice-documentary-trailer-1203471931&sol;">just dropped<&sol;a> and we get a look into all the work she’s been doing behind the scenes to make strides in the long-standing issue of mass incarceration&period; In one portion of the trailer Kim declares that&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;there is a mass incarceration problem in the United States&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two-hour documentary premieres on Sunday&comma; April 5<sup>th<&sol;sup> and follows Kim as she explores the cases of Dawn Jackson&comma; Alexis Martin&comma; Momolu Stewart and David Sheppard&comma; all current prisoners who she and legal experts believe have been unfairly sentenced&period; To further highlight their stories&comma; Kim travels to the prisons where they’re being held&comma; speaks to their families and friends&comma; lobbies public officials&comma; and consults with lawyers to try and facilitate their release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the documentary&comma; which she executive produced&comma; Kim said this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I partnered with Oxygen to do the &OpenCurlyQuote;Kim Kardashian West&colon; The Justice Project’ documentary because there are millions of people impacted by this broken justice system&comma; and I wanted to put faces to these numbers and statistics&period; There are a lot of people who deserve a second chance&comma; but many do not have the resources to make it happen&period; I want to help elevate these cases to a national level to effect change&comma; and this documentary is an honest depiction of me learning about the system and helping bring tangible results to justice reform&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B7eyWKzhU4b" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The documentary also features an appearance by Alice Marie Johnson&comma; who was the first person Kim helped get released from prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"56329" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kim-kardashians-new-documentary-details-her-efforts-against-mass-incarceration&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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