Couple who caged their kids going free

NORWALK, Ohio --(AP) -- A woman who forced some of her 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in cages has been released after serving two years in prison on child abuse and endangering convictions.

The state prison system says 62-year-old Sharen Gravelle was released Wednesday and must serve three years of probation.

Her husband, 62-year-old Michael Gravelle, was convicted on similar counts and is scheduled for release Monday.

The couple lost custody of the children in 2006. The Gravelles said they used wire and wood enclosures at their home in Norwalk in northern Ohio to protect children they said were unruly and destructive.

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