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Kim Kardashian Is Bringing Justice Reform to TV—What You Should Know About Her New Series The Justice Project

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Get ready to keep up withKim Kardashian West and her passion for the law. The mom of four, who is studying to become an attorney, shines a light on the criminal justice system in a new documentary that chronicles the reality star's foray into prison reform advocacy. "There are millions of people impacted by this broken justice system, and I wanted to put faces to these numbers and statistics," Kim said of the project in a statement. "There are a lot of people who deserve a second chance, but many do not have the resources to make it happen. I want to help elevate these cases to a national level to effect change, and this documentary is an honest depiction of me learning about the system and helping bring tangible results to justice reform."

Here is everything you need to know about Kim's documentary:

When does Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project air?

The two-hour documentary airs Sunday, April 5, at 7 p.m. EST.

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Where to watch or stream Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project online or on TV?

Tune into the program on Oxygen, which touts itself as the home for quality true-crime programming. You can also stream live on the Oxygen app, or online after signing in with your TV provider.

Is there Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project trailer?

Yes, and it's nothing like season 18 of Keeping Up with the Kardashians! The first look shows the aspiring lawyer in action visiting prisons and meeting with inmates. "I went into this knowing nothing, and then my heart completely opened up," Kim says in the trailer. "People deserve a second chance."

What is the Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project about and what inmates will she work with?

The Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project provides an inside look at the SKIMS founder's efforts to free Americans she "believes have been wronged by the justice system." Among those she feels have been unfairly sentenced are Dawn Jackson, Alexis Martin, Momolu Stewart and David Sheppard. The documentary explores their cases, showing Kim traveling to prisons and lobbying with public officialstrying to facilitate their release. Per Oxygen, the program also highlights Kim’s "growing understanding of mandatory sentencing, the damaging problems of mass incarceration, and the importance of educational programs and rehabilitation efforts for a successful reentry into society."

How did she choose the cases and inmates to help get released?

"Every case that I choose is really personal to me and a lot of the time it’s from a letter I receive from someone on the inside that just really touches my heart and something that know moves me," Kim said in January at the Television Critics Association (via USA Today). "But the cases I showcase in this documentary showcase the broken aspect of our system...I hope that people can be more empathetic and feel that by giving people, like those featured in the 'Justice Project' a second chance, there is no danger to our society."

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Did Kim Kardashian West get involved in criminal justice reform because of Alice Marie Johnson?

Almost a year after she helped free Alice Marie Johnson—a grandmother who was serving a life sentence for drug charges—Kim surprised the world by revealing her legal ambitions. “The White House called me to advise to help change the system of clemency,” she told Vogue in 2019. “And I’m sitting in the Roosevelt Room with, like, a judge who had sentenced criminals and a lot of really powerful people and I just sat there, like, Oh, sh*t. I need to know more," she shared. "I would say what I had to say, about the human side and why this is so unfair. But I had attorneys with me who could back that up with all the facts of the case. It’s never one person who gets things done; it’s always a collective of people, and I’ve always known my role, but I just felt like I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society. I just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more.”

True to her word, in 2018 the KUWTK star began a four-year apprenticeship with a law firm in San Francisco. Though some might wonder why Kim is not attending law school, the State Bar of California allows individuals to bypass law school and, instead, study for four years with a state lawyer or judge as an alternative.

While Johnson's case might have sparked Kim's interest in law, motherhood was one of the driving factors behind the KKW Beauty mogul's work with criminal justice reform. "I’m raising four black children that could face a situation like any of the people that I help," she said at the Television Critics Association. "Just to know I can make a difference in my children’s lives and [others] by helping fix a broken system, that’s so motivating for me."

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