Inside the walls of the former San Quentin State Prison, they are giving some inmates a chance to erase a part of their past, with the relaunch of the Tattoo Removal Program.
The program first started in 2018, but funding was pulled during the COVID pandemic, and this July, the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation reinstated the program at ten of its facilities.
The process for removing the tattoos is simple but a bit painful.Chris Bendinelli with Ink Doctors explained the process usually take five to seven visits before the tattoo is fully removed. Kemiko Tolon, the Tattoo Removal Program Director, said by removing unwanted body art it gives inmates, who are ready to leave prison, a better chance of making it on the outside.
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