The reality star Kim Kardashian, also known for his active support of reform of criminal justice for five years to rent a house for a former inmate Matthew Charles.
Man held in jail for 20 years for non-violent drug-related crime. In January he was released. Charles was the first who was released in accordance with the First Step Act, signed by President Donald trump in December. The law was actively supported by Kardashian.
«Kim didn’t do it for attention or publicity, but my heart might burst from happiness. And I want you happy this news with me,» wrote a former prisoner in Facebook.
Charles was sentenced to 35 years in prison and was released in 2016. Then it turned out that the man was released by mistake — and he soon received orders to return to prison. After the final release in early 2019, Matthew tried to improve your life, but having a criminal record and not having credit history, are faced with unexpected difficulties. Charles, who lives in Nashville, was denied application for housing and he could not afford to buy a house, writes The Tennessean.
«I am very upset because it deprives me of the full the second chance,» he said last week.
Soon Charles, who was forced to live with friends, bought a car and found a permanent job in non-profit human rights organization seeking to create a «fairer and more effective justice system«. At the same time, he received a denial in the application for the apartment.
«The law at the Federal level and at the state level complicates the receipt of subsidized housing for former criminals, which in itself is detrimental if the goal is reducing recidivism», — believes Professor of law Vanderbilt University Christopher Slobogin.
The other day Matthew Charles received the news about the Kardashians. 38-year-old star has not commented on its decision.
This is not the first initiative of Kardashian against people serving sentences for non-violent crimes. So, last year, Kim appealed to the President Trump with a request to mitigate the sentence Alice Marie Johnson, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for non-violent drug-related crime. The release of Johnson occurred shortly after Kardashian met with trump in the White house.
