Kywon Holcomb walks out of the Mansfield Correctional Institution after having served seven years for aggravated burglary, kidnapping, assault, and theft on Sept. 15, 2015.
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Kywon Holcomb sits in the conference room at the Lucas County jail while on a charge of endangering children on Sept. 12, 2016.
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Kywon Holcomb sits in the conference room at the Lucas County jail while on a charge of endangering children on Sept. 12, 2016.
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Kywon Holcomb is taken back to his cell at the Lucas County jail while in jail on a charge of endangering children on Sept. 12, 2016.
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Kywon Holcomb, right, stands in court with his attorney Stanley Garrett, for warrants associated with driving without a license in Toledo Municipal Court on Aug. 15, 2016.
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Kywon Holcomb sits in the conference room at the Lucas County jail while on a charge of endangering children on Sept. 12, 2016.
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Kywon Holcomb sits in the conference room at the Lucas County jail while on a charge of endangering children on Sept. 12, 2016.
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Kywon Holcomb's goddaughter, Tenal Smith, front, says good-bye to him at the door after he brought her over a gift on first Christmas home after spending seven years incarcerated.
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Kywon Holcomb, left, holds his goddaughter, Tenal Smith, left, while her mother, Rennysa Gray, helps to open the gift Holcomb brought her on Holcomb's first Christmas home after spending seven years incarcerated.
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Candice Williams, Kywon Holcomb's sister, grills some meats for Christmas dinner for him and the family on Holcomb's first Christmas after spending seven years incarcerated.
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Kywon Holcomb, center, tries to connect with local aid agencies for help in adjusting to life outside of prison during a monthly meeting called "Going Home to Stay" sponsored by the Reentry Coalition of Northwest Ohio at One Government Center on Feb. 15, 2016.
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Kywon Holcomb, left, and his attorney, James Neumeyer, go to court so that Holcomb will be approved in a Toledo Municipal Court program that will erase his fines so that he will be cleared to get a driver's license.
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Candice Williams, left, Kywon Holcomb's sister, cooks Christmas dinner for him and the family on Holcomb's first Christmas after spending seven years incarcerated.
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Willie Knighten, Jr., left, re-entry support specialist, speaks with Kywon Holcomb during a monthly meeting called "Going Home to Stay" sponsored by the Reentry Coalition of Northwest Ohio at One Government Center.
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Kywon Holcomb, left, meets with his attorney, James Neumeyer, to discuss enrolling in a Toledo Municipal Court program that will erase his fines so that he will be cleared to get a driver's license.
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Kywon Holcomb, left, and his grandfather, Zettie Williams, right, speak with Holcomb's friends on the porch of his Kent Street home on his first day of freedom after serving seven years at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.
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Kywon Holcomb, left, meets with his attorney, James Neumeyer, right, in order to enroll in a Toledo Municipal Court program that will erase his fines so that he will be cleared to get a driver's license.
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Kywon Holcomb, center right, and his best friend Aongelle Quinn, walk arm in arm through the Moody Manor so that Holcomb could meet friends and family that he hasn't seen in seven years.
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Kywon Holcomb visits his cousin, Mimi Gray, center, and her son, Tymar "Mally" Gray, right, and an unidentified girl, left, while visiting friends and family at the Moody Manor on his first day of freedom after serving seven years at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.
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Friend Antwon "Yank" Harris, right, stops his car in the middle of Kent Street, outside of the Moody Manor, to welcome Kywon Holcomb home.
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Kywon Holcomb walks out of the Mansfield Correctional Institution a free man after having served seven years for aggravated burglary, kidnapping, assault, and theft.
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Minutes after being released from the Mansfield Correctional Institution after serving seven years, Kywon Holcomb goes through a bag filled with his personal belongings, including a paper phone book he had that had all of his contacts.
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Minutes after being released from the Mansfield Correctional Institution, Kywon Holcomb, right, shows his friends Dontonio Kynard, left, and Joslyn Martin the tattoo he got in in honor of his grandmother who died while he was serving time.
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Kywon Holcomb shows his friend, Dontonio Kynard, not pictured, a pair of sneakers he wants to buy while shopping at Millennium Fashion in Toledo. Inmates are released from incarceration in a white tee shirt, sweatpants and state issued flip flops.
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Kywon Holcomb's grandfather, Zettie Williams, right, puts an angel gold necklace around his neck at his home on Kent Street on Holcomb's first day back in Toledo after serving seven years. Williams held onto the necklace for safe keeping while Holcomb was incarcerated.
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Kywon Holcomb, left, kisses his former girlfriend Kennesha Awls in front of his home on Kent Street while his friends watch from the porch on his first day out after serving seven years.
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