Jails to Jobs has published another book, and this one is a how-to guide on setting up a free or low-cost tattoo removal program. Whether you’re a nonprofit, medical professional, tattoo artist, prison official, sheriff’s department employee or other interested […]
Category Archives: Tattoo Removal
Laser device company assists free and low cost tattoo removal efforts
Laser device companies can play a leading role in the effort to help formerly incarcerated individuals remove their gang-related and antisocial tattoos. To find out how they can do that, just ask Nick Bergman, director of QuantaCares at Quanta Aesthetic Lasers, […]
Tattoo artist Jeff Goyette helps others learn tattoo removal
Getting anti-social or gang-related tattoos removed can be a first step on the road to employment. And many people appear interested in doing just that, based on the thousands of hits we’ve gotten on the directory of free and low […]
Travis County Jail launches pre-release tattoo removal program
While pre-release tattoo removal programs may be one of the best ways to give inmates the confidence they will need to start a new life post release, surprisingly few exist. In fact, we have only been able to identify five […]
New Skin launches campaign to remove tattoos in 10 cities
San Jose, Calif.-based New Skin Tattoo Removal has created a 10 Cities 10 Days 1,000 Second Chances campaign in which it plans to remove 100 tattoos in each of 10 California cities in 10 days free of charge. The organization […]
Oregon Youth Authority expands tattoo removal program
Removing tattoos during incarceration is an excellent way to help those who have gang-related or anti-social tattoos begin to leave their past lives behind. Considering the effectiveness of these programs, it’s surprising that there are not more of them around, […]
Chicago-area tattoo removal organization creates mobile unit
Ink 180 of Oswego, Ill., has launched a mobile tattoo-removal unit. The unit, which consists of an RV and two retired ambulances, travels to sites around inner city Chicago on a weekly basis. Chris Baker, the organization’s founder, operates a […]
Jails to Jobs writes how-to-create-a-tattoo-removal-clinic manual
We were contacted not too long ago by a representative from Dr. Tattoff, a tattoo removal clinic chain, informing us that the company is opening a new clinic and is interested in removing tattoos of certain people free of charge, […]
San Pablo, Calif. program removes tattoos, instills job search skills
San Pablo, Calif. is the latest city to set up a tattoo removal program. Although small in size with a population of roughly 29,000, this San Francisco East Bay suburb has big intentions to help disenfranchised people, including many ex-offenders, […]
Dawn Maestas removes tattoos to help people find employment
Dawn Maestas, a tattoo removal specialist in Albuquerque, has dedicated part of her business – and her life – to helping those with barriers to employment and women who have been abused erase permanent reminders of their past. NPR publicized […]