New York Daily News

Jared presses prison reform

- Terence Cullen

JARED KUSHNER has tacked on another responsibi­lity to his grocery list of White House duties: prison reform.

The President’s son-in-law has been meeting with stakeholde­rs including reformed convicts and religious leaders about changing how America incarcerat­es offenders, Axios reported.

President Trump on Thursday will have a listening session about the topic, the report said.

Kushner, who turned 37 on Wednesday, and his Office of American Innovation have been quietly discussing the topic with experts for the past six months, the website reported.

The issue is a personal one for Kushner — his father was sentenced to two years in prison back in 2005.

Kushner flew to Alabama, where his father was incarcerat­ed, every Sunday to visit him, according to a 2009 New York magazine profile.

Among Jared Kushner’s other White House jobs as senior adviser is making the executive branch more efficient, working out a peace deal in the Middle East and fostering job growth.

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