The entrepreneur and reality star teamed up with the Reform Alliance and the Ladies of Hope Ministries to provide grants for the family visits this weekend
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- Kim Kardashian teamed up with REFORM Alliance and the Ladies of Hope Ministry to visit incarcerated women in federal prison
- The three groups are providing grants for 50 women to be reunited with their children this Mother’s Day
- Kardashian also visited women in hospice care at the Chowchilla prison, sharing that what she saw would stay with her forever
Kim Kardashian is working to make sure that 50 incarcerated women, some of whom haven't seen their families in years, can reunite with their children this Mother's Day.
Kardashian, alongside the REFORM Alliance and the Ladies of Hope Ministries, has identified 50 families on a first-come-first-serve basis whose mothers are in federal prisons across the United States, and are covering the costs that it would take for the kids to visit their mom this Sunday, "and spend Mother's Day together – finally," Kardashian said in a statement.
"So many of these mothers have spent years away from their children and families, missing birthdays, holidays, and everyday moments most of us take for granted," she continued. "I’m honored to partner with Reform and LOHM to help reconnect these families so they can hold their children, laugh together, and simply be a family again.”
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Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Jessica Jackson of REFORM Alliance also recently visited the women’s prison in Chowchilla, Calif., hearing directly from incarcerated women, including those in hospice care.
On Instagram, Kardashian reflected on the visit, saying, "Last week my mom and I visited a women’s prison, in Chowchilla, Central Californias Woman’s Facility hospice yard and witnessed something incredibly moving. Many of the women there have spent decades in prison and become family to one another, caring for women in hospice so no one has to die alone."
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She added, "I’ve done this work for a long time, but the humanity, compassion, and love I saw there will stay with me forever. Thank you to CDCR for allowing me to come in and to the women who opened their hearts and shared their stories with us."
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Jackson thanked the entrepreneur for her help with the mission, noting in a statement, “As a mother myself, I cannot imagine being separated from my children on Mother’s Day, let alone for years on end. That is why this project means so much to me. We are deeply grateful to Kim and Topeka for this partnership, and I am so happy we are able to reunite fifty families this Mother’s Day."
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