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CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A contented creator volition unfastened the "first-ever" barber schoolhouse wrong a California State Prison adjacent week.
Victor Fontanez, besides known arsenic VicBlends, announced the motorboat of the "first-ever" barber schoolhouse wrong a California authorities prison: VicBlends Academy. The schoolhouse volition motorboat connected Aug. 6 astatine the men's-only Valley State Prison successful Chowchilla.
Fontanez has implicit 25 cardinal followers crossed societal media channels. He launched his ain talk-show bid named Deep Cut, which has featured guests specified arsenic Former President Barack Obama, NFL Hall of Famer Tom Brady, rapper Lil Baby and others.
Officials accidental VicBlends Academy volition clasp regular classes with respective twelve students per people and 100 play haircuts. The barber schoolhouse volition besides springiness incarcerated men haircuts and assistance them make semipermanent skills for erstwhile they permission the facility.
The thought came successful 2021, erstwhile officials accidental Scott Budnick, a person and advisor of Fontanez, invited him to a California situation to conscionable inmates who were captivated by his motivational TikTok videos, encouraging prisoners to enactment motivated portion incarcerated.
It was astatine that infinitesimal that the duo conceived the thought of a barber schoolhouse launching wrong the prison, stating that it aligned with some of their visions for "disrupting the problematic cycles of recidivism."
“Our extremity is to interruption the rhythm of incarceration and recidivism trap that galore communities endure from,” said Fontanez. “We anticipation that prisons crossed the federation volition instrumentality announcement and unfastened their eyes to what existent rehabilitation tin look like."
