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Marion Correctional inmates hid computers in ceiling, planned to commit fraud
By cleveland.com- Jackie Borchardt
Published: 04/12/2017

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Unsupervised inmates at Marion Correctional Institution used two computers hidden in the ceiling to attempt identity fraud, an investigation from the state's top watchdog found.

After finding the computers in July 2015, then-Warden Jason Bunting and other prison officials did not immediately notify the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Inspector General, as required by state policy.

Inmates Adam Johnston and Scott Spriggs obtained the computers through a program in which inmates disassemble old computers to be recycled, according to the inspector general's investigation.

Cleveland nonprofit RET3 provided computers to Marion Correctional's Green Initiative program. Inmates were only to disassemble computers, not refurbish them.

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