How a program became a model for life after prison
KOAA, Alasyn Zimmerman
and last updated 2021-06-03 19:07:35-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â Any given day at the Community Barber Shop in southeast Colorado Springs, there s a steady stream of customers coming in. It s an art, Thomas Carpenter, a barber at the shop said, you re creating your own masterpiece, someone tells you what they want and you make your own masterpiece about it.
He picked up his first pair of clippers at 14 years old. The barbershop was your go-to, it was like the man s cave of man s cave, Carpenter said.
Carpenter spends his days listening to the stories of the people who come into the shop, but he and his fellow barbers have stories of their own.