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Kim Kardashian countined her situation betterment travel pinch a travel to Pelican Bay Prison successful Northern California connected this week's section of The Kardashians.
The section cuts to Crescent City, California, wherever Kim and Malika Haqq conscionable landed connected Kim’s backstage plane.
This is conscionable nan latest excursion Kim has made to further her attempts astatine situation reform, pinch her sister Khloe moreover hinting she mightiness tally for President immoderate day.
Khloe adds successful confession, ‘I conscionable consciousness for illustration Kim tin show maine tomorrow she’s moving for Presidency and I’m like, “All right, girl, do your thing.” For Kim it’s conscionable for illustration different day.'
‘Malika ever asks maine astir nan activity that I do and she’s a really empathetic personification and I deliberation that she would person a batch to opportunity and has a awesome level and I’m conscionable grateful that a caller group of group gets to perceive and beryllium inspired,' Kim says.
Kim's journey: Kim Kardashian countined her situation betterment travel pinch a travel to Pelican Bay Prison successful Northern California connected this week's section of The Kardashians
Malika asks: ‘Malika ever asks maine astir nan activity that I do and she’s a really empathetic personification and I deliberation that she would person a batch to opportunity and has a awesome level and I’m conscionable grateful that a caller group of group gets to perceive and beryllium inspired,' Kim says
On nan thrust over, Malika says, ‘Is it normal that I’m a small nervous?’ Kim says, ‘There’s thing to beryllium tense over. If it’s for illustration a information issue, for illustration erstwhile I first went into for illustration San Quentin, they gave maine for illustration a afloat breakdown, for illustration you’re truthful safe, you’re truthful protected. They don’t get group to for illustration travel and sojourn each nan time, they’re conscionable grateful to person group to talk to. We’re going to meet pinch group who were incarcerated, possibly for illustration lifers and had for illustration life sentences and past for illustration sewage retired aft 20 years aliases 25 years. So you’ll get to spot that you mightiness person this for illustration stigma of what group are for illustration aliases what… they’re conscionable for illustration us. They mightiness person made immoderate for illustration choices we wouldn’t person aliases for illustration conscionable immoderate really bad circumstances that for illustration things for illustration this, I return and I go, OK this is what I wanna thatch our boys.’
Kim reveals successful confession that they are going to meet pinch Scott Budnick, who is, ‘the personification that brought maine to my first situation and he has an statement called nan ARC which is Anti-Recidivism Coalition,’ arsenic we spot Scott meet Malika and hug Kim.
‘Scott helps truthful galore group get retired and I conscionable study much and much each twelvemonth and conscionable unfastened myself up to helping truthful that’s why I’m here,’ Kim says successful confession.
Kim tells Scott that Malika was emotion tense and frightened to go, asking him if that’s a ‘normal emotion group have’ erstwhile going to sojourn a situation for nan first time.
‘I deliberation it’s a feeling… I mean, I was frightened to spell nan first time,’ Scott says, arsenic Malika adds, ‘OK good, past I consciousness normal.’
‘When you spot nan for illustration dream and joyousness that for illustration you bring, conscionable by showing up, for illustration nary 1 comes here, decidedly not a Kardashian, and so, to beryllium capable to spot group who care, right, and are present conscionable to beryllium supportive, for illustration it’s a beautiful thing,’ Scott tells them.
Scott adds, ‘I deliberation you’ll travel retired inspired by nan guys you meet past for illustration I deliberation you’ll travel retired hopeful.’
Kim says successful confession, ‘We’re gonna meet pinch a group of prisoners astatine Pelican Bay Prison to perceive what their experiences are like.’
Nervous: On nan thrust over, Malika says, ‘Is it normal that I’m a small nervous?’ Kim says, ‘There’s thing to beryllium tense over'
Confession: Kim reveals successful confession that they are going to meet pinch Scott Budnick, who is, ‘the personification that brought maine to my first situation and he has an statement called nan ARC which is Anti-Recidivism Coalition,’ arsenic we spot Scott meet Malika and hug Kim
On nan car thrust to nan prison, Scott tells them, ‘The irony of this place, you’re astir apt successful nan astir beautiful spot successful each of California and for illustration each nan treatment properties of nature, but nary 1 successful nan situation gets to acquisition immoderate of this.’
Kim adds successful confession, ‘You cognize each clip Scott calls maine and there’s an opportunity aliases a situation, I decidedly want to beryllium a portion of it.’
The section cuts to 3 hours later - aft nan sojourn - because cameras weren’t allowed wrong nan prison, arsenic Kim, Malika and Scott are connected nan car thrust back.
‘I mean, that’s intense. There’s nary measurement to get distant from that,’ Malika says successful nan car arsenic Kim adds, ‘Yeah, nan cages is what really sewage me.’
‘Our cameras couldn’t travel successful and see, but it was really powerful. One of nan astir disconcerting things that I saw was conscionable group wrong cages, 12-foot precocious and astir apt only for illustration this wide, possibly only for illustration 3 feet wide,’ Kim adds successful confession.
‘But I deliberation I wanna beryllium really clear, I judge that if personification does perpetrate a convulsive crime, location has to beryllium consequences. I deliberation sometimes group consciousness for illustration anyone who useful connected betterment is conscionable ace easy connected crime, and that’s not nan case. You tin conscionable spot someone’s rap expanse and conscionable automatically shape an sentiment connected them, but if you understand why they sewage to nan spot that fto them make those decisions, you would wholly alteration your mind,’ Kim adds successful confession.
She adds, ‘Some really merit 2nd chances and conscionable being unfastened to proceeding their communicative I deliberation is ace important.’
Back successful nan car, Malika adds that, ‘My jaws were truthful tight because I didn’t want to outcry successful beforehand of them. Like, I mean, I did extremity up crying,’ arsenic Scott adds, ‘That’s fine, by nan way, because it gives them support to outcry also.’
Opportunity: Kim adds successful confession, ‘You cognize each clip Scott calls maine and there’s an opportunity aliases a situation, I decidedly want to beryllium a portion of it.’
Powerful: ‘Our cameras couldn’t travel successful and see, but it was really powerful. One of nan astir disconcerting things that I saw was conscionable group wrong cages, 12-foot precocious and astir apt only for illustration this wide, possibly only for illustration 3 feet wide,’ Kim adds successful confession
Kim adds successful nan car, ‘Just nan cages killed me. The cages conscionable felt for illustration animals,’ arsenic Scott adds, ‘Malika, erstwhile location was crying successful nan cage and you put your digit up and you guys for illustration touched fingers successful nan cage… that was… woo…’ arsenic he continues processing nan moment.
They caput to a section restaurant, arsenic Kim explains successful confession, ‘So now we’re going to person luncheon pinch immoderate of nan guys from ARC and they’ve each been lifers that person gotten 2nd chances and gotten retired and now they activity astatine ARC and moreover immoderate of nan guys person been successful Pelican Bay. When you tin perceive what different group person been done and they tin beryllium unfastened and stock their stories and past talk astir really they ne'er gave up, it’s really inspiring.’
One of nan men opportunity that, ‘All of america were incarcerated successful nan aforesaid institution,’ while different says that, ‘on average, everybody spent astatine slightest 20 years of incarceration.
They each spell astir nan array and uncover really agelong their original condemnation was, and really overmuch clip they really served, pinch galore receiving life sentences and yet served overmuch less.
One of them says, ‘I don’t cognize really galore of you are successful therapy’ - arsenic nan man adjacent to him raises his manus - arsenic nan different continues - ‘I’m proud to admit that my therapist has been a godsend successful position of my treatment because for illustration connected 1 manus we’re told we person to beryllium reliable because we survived each of this crazy s**t, but for illustration nah man, nan world expanding successful beforehand of our eyes from these mini small cages to this awesome large world is huge.’
Kim says, ‘I ever for illustration to inquire this because I’m truthful curious. What was your first repast erstwhile you guys sewage out?’
One man says, ‘In N Out’ while different says, ‘For years I sat successful situation and wanted a large aged New York steak, I sewage retired that was nan first point I went to do, to get a large aged steak.’
Another man says, ‘My jaw was hurting nan adjacent day, because we weren’t utilized to eating meat.’
Cages: Kim adds successful nan car, ‘Just nan cages killed me. The cages conscionable felt for illustration animals,’ arsenic Scott adds, ‘Malika, erstwhile location was crying successful nan cage and you put your digit up and you guys for illustration touched fingers successful nan cage… that was… woo…’ arsenic he continues processing nan moment
Kim adds, ‘I’ve been to prisons before. I’ve knowledgeable this, Malika hasn’t, truthful this was her first time. The number 1 point that I’m proceeding that is nan problem is not being fixed. Like everyone gets stuck successful a rhythm of really they grew up, truthful it’s conscionable like, really do you get group to really make those changes truthful that they don’t person that for illustration cyclical problem of this aforesaid problems increasing up pinch nan gangs aliases increasing up pinch nan parents that aren’t there. Like I don’t person nan answers.’
Another man adds, ‘Right now, what we’re doing is connected nan other extremity of nan pipeline. People are already getting into prisons, and we’re trying to find a measurement to get them retired and not return. We request to commencement astatine nan opening of that pipeline, to say, really tin we extremity nan travel of them ever getting successful to statesman with, and what comes pinch that is healthier families, healthier communities. That is really you extremity nan trans-generational wide incarceration.’
Another man adds, ‘My past twelvemonth incarcerated they spent complete $100,000 a twelvemonth to support maine successful that cage. How overmuch therapy could you supply successful a people schoolhouse for a younker to thief extremity them from going to prison?’
Kim says successful confession, ‘I conscionable really judge successful redemption, I judge successful rehabilitation, for illustration who successful their life has been cleanable and hasn’t made bad decisions?’
Another man asks Kim, ‘What has been nan driving constituent for you to want to beryllium doing nan activity that you’ve been doing?’
Kim answers, ‘I deliberation I conscionable saw thing connected Twitter, for illustration a small video personification had made connected a girl’s case. She was personification who answered a telephone and was for illustration a telephone mule, and I was like, “How does this happen? How does that make sense?” It conscionable for illustration opened up my heart. I conscionable really connected to that.’
Kim adds successful confession, ‘Once I realized nan power that I have, and that group were listening, I conscionable couldn’t extremity and I wanted to get much and much involved.’
They show flashback footage of Kim and her girl North gathering pinch Alice Johnson, whose life condemnation was commuted by President Donald Trump successful 2018, a week aft Kardashian met pinch Trump to talk situation reform.
Video: Kim answers, ‘I deliberation I conscionable saw thing connected Twitter, for illustration a small video personification had made connected a girl’s case. She was personification who answered a telephone and was for illustration a telephone mule, and I was like, “How does this happen? How does that make sense?” It conscionable for illustration opened up my heart. I conscionable really connected to that'
Alice tells North, ‘Your mother is virtually successful history books now, arsenic a personification who championed my lawsuit and humanized it.’
Kim said, ‘I was capable to thief you and past I learned truthful overmuch on nan measurement and I was for illustration I can’t extremity here, there’s truthful overmuch much I person to do, there’s truthful galore much Alice’s retired there, for illustration we person to help. You gave maine for illustration purpose,’ arsenic Alice adds, ‘You gave maine freedom.’
Back astatine lunch, Kim explains, ‘And past nan President signed nan First Step Act, which fto retired 30,000 people, and my attorneys, they wrote that bill, truthful it was for illustration a ripple effect and it kept going and past you’re conscionable for illustration hold really tin I do more.’
Kim adds successful confession, ‘I’ve been moving connected situation betterment activity for astir 5 years now, and arsenic clip has gone connected and arsenic I’ve helped much people, my empathy has grown much and much and I person a batch much compassion, you know, than I did a twelvemonth agone aliases that I did 10 years ago. If group person really showed that they tin change, why wouldn’t we springiness group a 2nd chance?’
One of nan men acknowledgment Kim, ‘for really putting your bosom into making this strategy better. It intends a batch to nan men inside, truthful convey you truthful much.’
Kim says they each person to return a selfie, and they return one, arsenic Scott asks, ‘What was it for illustration seeing personification pinch your look tattooed connected their assemblage successful prison?’ arsenic nan men each laugh.
‘I was honored. I was honored. It was cool,’ Kim says arsenic they each stock a laugh
