Johnson, serving time for a nonviolent drug offense, was freed after advocacy from Kim Kardashian.
Five years after being released from prison, Alice Marie Johnson returns to the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama, to give the keynote address at the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Life Connections Program graduation. Johnson was granted clemency and released in June 2018 after serving 21 years of a life sentence for non-violent drug crimes.
Leading up to her arrest, Johnson and her husband divorced. She lost her long-time job at FedEx due to a gambling addiction. She filed for bankruptcy and lost a house to foreclosure. In 1992, her youngest son Cory was killed in a scooter accident. “Giving people a second chance is really humanizing and I think that’s what I bring. People can see a broken system where a person can be a first time, nonviolent offender and get a life plus 25 year sentence. Something is wrong with that,” Johnson said., who had taken up her cause. Upon her release, Johnson immediately jumped into advocacy work.in an effort to improve criminal justice outcomes and reduce federal prison populations., the recidivism rate for First Step Act releases is 12.
“One of the best ways to reduce the prison population is to target our youth before they go and become a part of the system,” Johnson said.
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