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Why Obama will be the first president to visit a federal prison
President Obama's trip to a federal prison in Oklahoma is part of the administration's efforts to reform the criminal justice system
On Thursday, President Obama will become the first sitting president to visit a federal prison.
Mr. Obama will travel to Oklahoma's El Reno Correctional Institution, home to Jason Hernandez – a prisoner convicted on drug charges who had his life sentence commuted by Obama in 2013, reports Vice News.
The trip, which will be recorded for a Vice documentary airing on HBO this fall, comes amidst the Obama administration’s broader efforts towards creating what it sees as a fairer US criminal justice system, mostly in response to tougher drug laws that disproportionately imprisoned minorities ...
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Why Obama will be the first president to visit a federal prison
President Obama's trip to a federal prison in Oklahoma is part of the administration's efforts to reform the criminal justice system
On Thursday, President Obama will become the first sitting president to visit a federal prison.
Mr. Obama will travel to Oklahoma's El Reno Correctional Institution, home to Jason Hernandez – a prisoner convicted on drug charges who had his life sentence commuted by Obama in 2013, reports Vice News.
The trip, which will be recorded for a Vice documentary airing on HBO this fall, comes amidst the Obama administration’s broader efforts towards creating what it sees as a fairer US criminal justice system, mostly in response to tougher drug laws that disproportionately imprisoned minorities ...
http://news.yahoo.com/why-obama-first-president-visit-federal-prison-221819616.html
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