Kim Kardashian Visits Inmate at San Quentin Prison Death Row

Kim Kardashian took a trip Thursday, and it wasn’t to the white-sand beaches of Bali or Mexico, like you might expect.

KKW was spotted at San Quentin Death Row, and she was there to do some work.

The 38-year-old media personality and businesswoman went to San Quentin to visit 61-year-old Kevin Cooper. Cooper was convicted in 1983 of committing four murders in Chino Hills, CA and was sent directly to death row. Since his sentencing, Cooper has written letters from prison to various parties, asserting his innocence, and alleging that he was sentenced due to racism in the American judicial system.

Since Cooper’s conviction, his death penalty was suspended, and then later reinstated. He has been waiting to die ever since.

TMZ reported that Kardashian got involved in Cooper’s case in October, asking the then-Governor of California, Jerry Brown, to look into the case further. Brown ordered DNA testing, no doubt due to Kardashian’s involvement. California's new Governor, Gavin Newsom, ordered additional testing in February, and also suspended all death sentences while he holds office.

This is not the first criminal case Kardashian has been involved with. Over the last three months, Kardashian has quietly funded the campaign (and the two fierce women) involved in freeing 17 criminals serving life sentences without parole for low-level drug offenses. This feat was accomplished by the 90 Days of Freedom campaign, part of the Buried Alive Project, created by Kim's lawyer Brittany K. Barnett in partnership with lawyer MiAngel Cody of The Decarceration Collective.

Earlier this month, Barnett shared a Facebook post explaining how Kardashian got involved in the program. It reads, in part:

“We attempted to get grants from these large foundations shelling out MILLIONS of dollars to other organizations but would not look our way because they so-called don't fund 'direct services. Our hands were full picking locks to human cages, we didn't have time to participate in glorified begging from the nonprofit industrial complex only to be turned down.”

Kardashian then began footing the bill for the organization, allowing Barnett and Cody to “free their hands” for more important work.

Barnett and Cody are grateful to Kardashian for her contribution, saying, “We and our clients and their families have a lot of love for her and are deeply grateful for her. In 90 days TWO black women lawyers freed SEVENTEEN people from LIFE W/O PAROLE sentences—the second most severe penalty permitted by law in America. Only two of us.”

You can donate to the 90 Days of Freedom campaign through the Buried Alive Project here.