President Barack Obama will become the first sitting president in history to visit a federal correctional institution when he stops off at El Reno, Oklahoma next week for a scheduled meeting with law enforcement officials, and inmates. The appearance at the prison highlights current bipartisan efforts to overhaul the criminal justice system. Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary, said the president will, "underscore the administration's focus on the need to reform and improve America's criminal justice system," during his Friday, July 10th briefing.

On Thursday, July 16th, President Obama will be stopping at the El Reno medium-security federal correctional institute that, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, houses just over 1,300 inmates.

The planned trip will coincide with expected clemency orders from the president for a significant number of federal prisoners currently serving time for non-violent drug offences.

Earnest confirmed that while there the president would "meet with law enforcement officials and inmates and conduct an interview with Vice [Media]," as part of a documentary series scheduled to air later this fall on HBO.

The documentary aims to provide an insider's view of the facility, with both Obama and Shane as guide, in an effort to gain an understanding of some of the issues being faced by both staff and the rising prison population.

Despite having less than 5% of the world's population, the United States has "almost 25% of the world's total prison population," according to data shared by Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton last April, at Columbia University.

Shane Smith, founder of Vice, will conduct the interview. Smith feels this documentary 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 not the first time President Obama has stepped outside the traditional communication lines to get his message across.

The Commander-in-Chief previously appeared on Zach Galifianakis web series Between Two Ferns, and more recently chatted with Marc Maron on his the WTF podcast.