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In reply to the discussion: Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found hanged in prison cell [View all]Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)as others have posted prisons are severely understaffed and often the guards are inadequately trained to deal with these types of prisoners. I am not generalizing about everyone involved in the prison system but I think that is a fair assessment looking from the outside.
Your outrage, however, should be more precisely directed to the voters of Ohio and the Ohio legislature and Governor. They are the ones that have decided on the level of funding, training, etc. in their state prison system. It is easy to blame "the system" but that is too anonymous. The system is the one designed, funded and maintained by state politicians as voted in by the electorate.
So if Ohioians are mad about this then they need to look in the mirror and decide what they want to do to improve the situation.