Martel Stevens, a participant in the R.I.S.E. program, cuts customer Buck Francis’ hair on Monday, July 28, 2025. The program trains inmates in barbering and cosmetology so they have job-training ...

Just in Time Barber Academy will train a new generation of barbers in the city of Superior when classes begin in early ...

Ta-Raj Benness, the founder of the new Just In-Time Barber Academy in Superior, Wisconsin, learned the craft in prison.

Victor Fontanez, aka VicBlends, and Scott Budnick opened the first licensed barber school in a California State Prison this summer It took four years from concept to opening, and Budnick says they had ...

Jelly Roll has spent some time behind bars, both as a juvenile and as an adult. Now that he has broken free from those restraints and has changed his life, he has gone out of his way to make visits to ...

A Tulsa barber has turned the skills learned from his time in prison into a thriving business. Robert Hoston, also known as Chevy the Barber, is the owner of The Chophouse Barbershop and over the ...

THAT CAN RESTORE SOMEONE’S CONFIDENCE AND DIGNITY MORE THAN A GOOD HAIRCUT. NEWS EIGHT’S PHOTOJOURNALIST ALEXANDER ROSARIO HAS AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THE YORK COUNTY PRISON WITH HOW POLICE AND OTHER ...

A Des Moines barbershop owner wants to know why there’s a double standard between barbering apprenticeships offered in Iowa prisons and what he can offer at his barbershop. Prison barbers don’t have a ...

SUPERIOR — A new school for barbers is opening in Superior. Classes start Jan. 5 at Just In-Time Barber Academy, located in the Board of Trade Building on Tower Avenue. The school has space for up to ...