If you look at me, man, I mean, you know, Im probably bigger than the average person sometimes.

You know, a lot of tattoos.

People know that have been incarcerated.

And now I'm behind them with an object to cut their hair, you know, and we're able to let all that go.

Neither one of us are really thinking about that as much because the vibe is right.

Everything feels really, really good.

And I mean, everything feels like it's just two people having a conversation.

That means a lot to me.

R&R Head Labs is a non-conventional barbershop.

And what we mean by that is we are all about second chance programs.

We are all about giving people a second chance into the community that have been justice-impacted.

I am one of those people.

I found myself in trouble in 2004 and ended up in the Department of Corrections, spent about five years there, and came out, and I learned how to cut hair in the Department of Corrections.

It's not like we're saying that people shouldn't be punished.

We're just saying that people deserve second chances.

And that's what we're about.

We're about showing the community that this is a second chance program and that these guys will be successful.

James is a prime example.

He was day one out of prison.

He walked in here and he had a job because we interviewed him in prison.

You know, and he's been working since then.

And he's one of the hardest workers here, and he does an amazing job.

And he's got a huge return rate.

Just being able to explain my story and explain the things that Ive been through.

People coming in here, knowing what we stand for and what we're about.

It's helped me navigate through my transition from prison a lot.

Without that warm welcome from both sides of things, from the people who work here and the people that are in the community, then my transition would have been a little bit more rough, you know, for me to get to where I needed to go.

I really love hair.

I don't know what it is about it.

Its just something that I feel like it's purposeful for me.

When I'm behind that chair, that's all I'm focused on is just what I'm doing, you know?

I just feel like I'm just here to make sure that that person that sits in that chair, you know, is satisfied.

I'm getting ready for my own wedding.

My now soon-to-be wife found an article in some magazine and thought it sounded really cool.

It's a good way to support causes we believe in and also get a good haircut at the same time.

We've all been around the block and, you know, we definitely could use a second chance on stuff.

Things can get better and things are worth trying again.

I have lawyers that sit in my chair.

I have, you know, DAs that sit in my chair.

And I think it's important for people to know justice-impacted people are human.

They're human.

And there's a reason that they got out of prison because they did their time.

Now lets let them live and show the community that they can do right.