The turkey at home had to wait.
Reality actress and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian paid a visit to the inmates at Kilpatrick, California, before sitting down for the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with the family on Thursday.
The forty-two-year-old ate with the young men and talked to them about the future after release.
As Kardashian later let her fans know on Instagram, the inmates have put their criminal past behind them.
Many took courses at the university.
The forty-two-year-old, who is currently training to become a lawyer in a law firm, has been committed to criminals for years.
Four years ago, she persuaded then-US President Donald Trump to pardon an African-American woman convicted of drug offenses after more than 20 years in prison.
Last spring, Kardashian supported the campaign to at least temporarily stay the execution of Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio.
The Kilpatrick juvenile detention center in the mountains of the coastal town of Malibu, which she visited on Thanksgiving, is one of the most progressive in the United States.
The prisoners are taught there and live in shared apartments to prepare them for life in freedom.