Watch KimKardashian go to war on mass incarceration in the trailer for her oxygen documentary KKWTheJusticeProject
West: The Justice Project,” which sees the media personality declare that “there is a mass incarceration problem in the United States.”
The two-hour documentary, premiering Sunday, April 5, captures Kardashian West as she explores the cases of Dawn Jackson, Alexis Martin, Momolu Stewart and David Sheppard, all of whom she and legal experts believe have been unfairly sentenced. To illuminate their stories, Kardashian West travels to the prisons where they’re being held, speaks to their families and friends, lobbies public officials, and consults with lawyers to try and facilitate their release.
Her quest to release Johnson took her to the White House and a meeting with President Trump. She addressed the backlash she faced for the meeting during“I did consider the fact that I would get a lot of backlash if I went to the White House,” Kardashian West explained at the time. “For me, if it’s a life versus my reputation. People talk s— about me all day long, I didn’t really care.
“We’re excited about working with Kim Kardashian West to document her journey into prison reform advocacy and using her enormous platform to hold a megaphone to question the inequities surrounding prison sentencing,” said Rod Aissa, executive vice president of original programming and development for Oxygen Media and E! Production. “Her energy and influence have made an immediate impact that has stretched all the way to the White House.
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