Discount haircuts for past offenders at Joe’s 63rd Street Barbershop

Starting today, G. Dallas Lee, a barber’s apprentice at Joe’s 63rd Street Barbershop (1656 E. 63rd Street in the Metro Shopping Center) is offering discounted services to criminal offenders who are participating in re-entry programs, such as those offered by the Kansas City Crime Commission’s Second Chance Foundation.

Lee is involved with Beyond the Conviction, an organization that offers services to recently released prisoners. Their efforts help to counter recidivism by acclimating offenders back into society. They figure that the sooner a former convict is able to secure a stable residence and a job, the less likely he or she is to re-offend, falling back into old habits and landing back in prison.