From the White House to the big house, President Obama made an unprecedented presidential visit to a federal prison Thursday as part of his push for changes to the criminal justice system.
The president, after issuing dozens of commutations and tackling the subject during an NAACP address, arrived Thursday at El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison for male offenders near Oklahoma City.
He'll meet separately Thursday with law enforcement officials and nonviolent drug offender doing time there.
According to the White House, Obama will be the first sitting president to see the inside of a federal prison. Despite potential security concerns, Danny Spriggs, a former deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service, told the Associated Press the controlled environment of a prison is better than many public venues where presidents normally appear.
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