Despite not passing the bar, Kim Kardashian is continuing her work in the legal field.
As Mother’s Day approaches this Sunday, the reality star is working to make sure that 50 incarcerated women, some of whom haven’t been able to see their families in years, can reunite with their children for the holiday.
Alongside the REFORM Alliance and the Ladies of Hope Ministries, Kardashian has identified 50 families on a first-come-first-serve basis whose mothers are in federal prisons across the United States. They’re covering the costs that it would take for the kids to visit their mom this Sunday, “and spend Mother’s Day together – finally,” the reality star said in a statement, per People.
“So many of these mothers have spent years away from their children and families, missing birthdays, holidays, and everyday moments most of us take for granted,” Kim continued. “I’m honored to partner with Reform and LOHM to help reconnect these families so they can hold their children, laugh together, and simply be a family again.”
In addition to this effort, Kardashian, her mother Kris Jenner and Jessica Jackson of REFORM Alliance recently visited the women’s prison in Chowchilla, Calif. There, they heard directly from incarcerated women, including those in hospice care.
Kardashian opened up about the visit on Instagram, saying, “Last week my mom and I visited a women’s prison, in Chowchilla, Central Californias Woman’s Facility hospice yard and witnessed something incredibly moving. Many of the women there have spent decades in prison and become family to one another, caring for women in hospice so no one has to die alone.”
She continued, “I’ve done this work for a long time, but the humanity, compassion, and love I saw there will stay with me forever. Thank you to CDCR for allowing me to come in and to the women who opened their hearts and shared their stories with us.”
Jackson issued a statement thanking Kardashian for her help with the mission, emphasizing just how important it is to help these incarcerated women.
“As a mother myself, I cannot imagine being separated from my children on Mother’s Day, let alone for years on end,” she wrote. “That is why this project means so much to me. We are deeply grateful to Kim and Topeka for this partnership, and I am so happy we are able to reunite fifty families this Mother’s Day.”
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