Kim Kardashian Questions Why Do “We Incarcerate Kids At All” After Reacting To California’s New “Hug Act”
Reality star and criminal justice reform advocate Kim Kardashian is brining some attention to California’s newly enacted juvenile justice legislation this week, using her platform to raise a broader structural question: “Why do we even incarcerate kids at all????” created by photogrid RELATED: Spotify Shares Surge After Signing Kim Kardashian For Criminal Justice Podcast The comment, posted to Kardashian’s Instagram story alongside a news report on Assembly Bill 1646, reframed the public debate surrounding California’s “Hug Act.” Signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, AB 1646 makes California the first state in the nation to establish a statutory right for youth in juvenile detention facilities to engage in consensual physical contact such as hugging and hand-holding with visitors. Under the new law, physical contact cannot be arbitrarily denied or used as a blanket disciplinary measure.
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