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Michael Baldwin stood outside South Woods State Prison on a crisp October morning with a mix of anticipation and relief as he waited for his brother to emerge. He drove more than two hours from Newark to Cumberland County with a change of clothes and a sandwich to hand his younger brother as he walked out of the prison gates a free man for the first time in a decade. Their family back home was waiting to hold a small celebration. “I just felt exhilarated,” Baldwin said. “My baby brother’s coming home. We were going to be a family again.” But, as the hours ticked by, his brother never appeared….

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