OK Mr. "President", time for the anal cavity search...
Posted on 07/10/2015 12:43:42 PM PDT by machogirl
President Barack Obama announced today that he will visit the El Reno federal prison in Oklahoma next week to participate in a VICE special on America's criminal justice system. It will make Obama the first sitting US president to visit a federal prison.
As part of the VICE special airing this fall on HBO, Obama and VICE founder Shane Smith, host of the special, will tour the facility and meet with prisoners, prison staff, and law enforcement officials.
Related: VICE News' coverage of crime and drugs
Located in central Oklahoma, El Reno is a medium-security facility that houses 1,300 inmates convicted of violating federal law. It was home to Jason Hernandez, a prisoner convicted on drug charges who had his life sentence commuted by Obama in 2013.
The interviews will be part of a documentary looking at the pervasive impacts of America's approach to crime and imprisonment. The special is the latest in VICE's ongoing coverage of what has become a major civil rights and reform agenda in the United States.
"There's an emerging consensus in this country — on both the right and the left — that the way we treat criminal offenders is utterly broken and weakening our society in profound ways," Smith said. "Visiting El Reno with President Obama — the first-ever visit to a federal prison by a sitting president — will give our viewers a firsthand look into how the president is thinking about this problem, from the policy level down to one on one conversations with the men and women living this reality. It's going to be fascinating."
In late June, after what the president described as a "gratifying" week that saw the Supreme Court legalize gay marriage and uphold a key part of the Affordable Care Act, he said that criminal justice reform would be a priority during the remainder of his time in office.
Related: 'Officer Involved,' the VICE News blog about policing in America
"I am really interested in the possibilities, the prospect of bipartisan legislation around the criminal justice system," the president told reporters on June 30. "And we've seen some really interesting leadership from some unlikely Republican legislators very sincerely concerned about making progress there."
The New York Times reported that in the coming weeks, Obama is expected to issue orders commuting the sentences of dozens of federal prisoners convicted of non-violent drug offenses.
Man, there is so much someone could do with that header.
Could they please just keep him?
In related news:
VICE MEDIA HIRES OBAMA’S FORMER ‘BODY MAN’ REGGIE LOVE
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3309790/posts
Trying to reach out to future Democrat voters?
OK Mr. "President", time for the anal cavity search...
The White House retweeted this.
No kidding!
First thing I thought of, LOL
lol
yep, the evolving President is evolving the definition of “crime”.
I shouldn’t laugh. Shame on me!
I wonder if Reggie and Barry will pretend to be prison bunkmates while they are there. And who will be the first one to drop the soap?
Guess all that gay sex in the church caught up to him.
He’ll probably pardon everyone there.
It also has former US Marshal's 15 most-wanted lister (Aaron Lopez Garcia) who what part of the Nortenos street gang. He escaped custody 2005 after being convicted of an illegal gun charge. He's due to be released in 2017.
I guess they got him to THINK he’s going only to ‘visit’. LOL
Dang, I shouldn’t be laughing.
A Wink and a Nod, lol
He might look good in orange.
Obama needs to free up prison space for TEA Party patriots.
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