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Afterward, the president told reporters the justice system needs to start distinguishing between young people who make mistakes and truly unsafe criminals. Obama echoed the voices of many Republicans, Democrats and Libertarians in a speech pushing for criminal justice reform.

As part of a weeklong focus on inequities in the criminal justice system, the president will meet separately Thursday with law enforcement officials and nonviolent drug offenders who are paying their debt to society at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, a...