Washington. United States Vice President Kamala Harris hosted reality TV star Kim Kardashian at the White House on Thursday to talk about criminal justice reform. This after on Wednesday, President Joe Biden granted clemency to 16 people, pardoning 11 of them and commuting the sentences of the other five.
Four of the beneficiaries attended Thursday’s event. Harris is focused on convincing people of color and young voters to give her and Biden a second four-year term at a time when many voters are dissatisfied with her management of the economy, persistent inflation and war in Loop.
The United States imprisons more people than any other country, and approximately one in five of those 1.9 million people is behind bars for a drug-related crime.
Black and Latino people are disproportionately incarcerated, and drug law reform has the broadest support among young voters. Black, Latino and young voters tend to favor Democrats.
“Everyone makes mistakes, and for some that can rise to the level of being a crime,” Harris said at the White House. “But isn’t it the sign of a civil society that we allow people a way to earn their way back and give them the support and resources they need to do so?”
Kardashian, who is also a businesswoman, first became an activist for criminal justice reform during former President Donald Trump’s administration. Harris praised her work.
“Every time I’ve gone and visited a prison, I’ve met some of the smartest individuals with the brightest ideas and seeing the changes that are happening to facilitate their reentry, I think it’s going to be life-changing,” Kardashian said. .
Since taking office, Biden has commuted the sentences of 122 people and granted clemency to 20 who had committed nonviolent drug crimes, according to the White House.
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