After 1,500 hours of training, Pritzker speaks to prison barber school grads
“It’s good that Illinois is training people for a job that they can work in after prison because too many times we train them for professions they can’t legally work in,” said Shoshana Weissmann, a fellow with the nonprofit R Street Institute. “But, having to go through thousands of hours of training, sometimes that are irrelevant or not as important, in order to not be arrested for practicing a profession can be really abusive.”
The requirements are more difficult for someone of limited means, Weissmann said, since taking months to attend cosmetology school may not be feasible or affordable.
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The effect is often higher costs for anything provided by a licensed industry.
“When you have people putting in more time and resources into completing something, you get fewer professionals,” Weissmann said.
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