In Ohio, 72 prisoners were released due to lack of funds for their maintenance

Summit County Sheriff in Ohio, Steve Barry, closed the wing of Akron Prison and released 72 prisoners. According to The Akron Beackon Journal, this was due to lack of funding. Earlier in a penitentiary there could be a person's 671, and now a 522.

“For the sake of the safety of everyone in this institution, not only the staff, but also the prisoners, we do what we must because of the financial situation in the district,” the sheriff explained. According to him, for 36 years of service, he does not remember a single case when such a number of prisoners were released at a time.

Barry admitted that he would not want to release these people to freedom, but "he has no choice."

One of the prisoners, 50-year-old Antonio Spregling (Antonio Spragling), was released after 47 days of detention. He was arrested on drug related offenses. “I am a spiritual person. The Lord is my savior. Unfortunately, I already got into such situations, ”Sprengling said. He promised that no one else will fail in life.

In 2013, a national prison expert recommended that Summit County either fund 50 more prison workers or close part of the prison facility. In the fall of 2014, residents of the district voted against increasing the sales tax to increase funding for the prison, Lenta.ru writes.