Popular barber opens training school inside Chowchilla prison

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A barber well-known connected TikTok for serving immoderate high-profile clients has opened the archetypal of its benignant "licensed" barber schoolhouse wrong a California authorities situation successful Chowchilla.

Victor Fontanez goes by "VicBlends" and has much than 25 cardinal followers connected societal media.

Former President Barack Obama and seven-time Super Bowl champ Tom Brady person some sat successful his barber chair.

This week, VicBlends Academy launched astatine Valley State Prison successful Chowchilla.

The extremity is to bid inmates.

Once they've served their time, they tin permission situation licensed by the authorities of California to chopped hair.

The schoolhouse volition besides connection much than 100 haircuts a week to incarcerated men.

VicBlends says the anticipation is for prisons crossed the federation to instrumentality announcement and beryllium inspired to motorboat akin programs.