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Daily Record Photo/Oonagh McQuarrie - Kevin Lewis, on the left, watches as instructor Reginald Dowe demonstrates a technique on Shawn Walker's hair. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Walker are inmates at the Harnett County Correctional Facility, enrolled in the barber program offered in the prison by Central Carolina Community College.

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Daily Record Photo/Oonagh McQuarrie - Brian Brooks, in his apprenticeship with the barber program, disinfects his barber's tools. The program teaches inmates not just the mechanics of cutting hair, but 'teaches you how to be a professional,' according to Mr. Brooks.