Kim Kardashian delivers speech on criminal justice reform as she returns to White House

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Kim Kardashian West has returned to the White House to promote efforts to help those leaving prison return to work.

The reality star and activist, who has been advocating criminal justice reform, was greeted by US President Trump on arrival.

Kardashian West took the stage to announce a ride-share partnership where ex-prisoners are given gift cards so that they can travel to and from interviews.

"Everyone wants the community to be safe, and the more opportunity we have and that they have and the support that we help give them, the safer everyone will be," Kardashian West told an East Room crowd.

Kim Kardashian West arrives to speak at the White House
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Mr Trump pronounced himself a fan of the mega celebrity’s advocacy, adding: "I guess she's pretty popular."

Kardashian West tweeted a video of herself on the way to the event on Thursday afternoon.

"I am heading to the White House to speak at the second chance hiring and re-entry event," she said, adding in another tweet that she was "honoured to be a part of the announcement that the administration and the private sector are stepping up to create opportunities for these men and women to succeed once home."

Kardashian West has been to the White House several times to discuss criminal justice reform issues.

She has successfully lobbied Mr Trump to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving life without parole for drug offences.

White House officials have been working to make sure that prisoners released early because of the passage of the First Step Act have the tools and jobs they need to successfully adjust to life outside prison.

More than 1,000 federal inmates have had their sentences reduced because of the legislation, according to a recent report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Agencies contributed to this report

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