Obama will be the first sitting president to visit a federal prison

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President Barack Obama is headed to a federal prison in El Reno, Oklahoma, next Thursday, the first trip of its kind for a sitting president. The trip, where Obama will meet with law enforcement officials and inmates, comes as part of his administration's focus on criminal justice reform, Politico reports.

While at the medium-security facility, Obama will also interview with Vice for a documentary airing this fall on HBO.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.