There's little sympathy from the residents in the tough Cleveland neighborhood where three women were secretly imprisoned for a decade for Ariel Castro who hanged himself in his cell barely a month into a life sentence.

Even the man who put Castro in jail joined in. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty said, "This man couldn't take, for even a month, a small portion of what he had dished out for more than a decade."

Castro, 53, was found hanging from a bedsheet at the state prison. Prison medical staff performed CPR before Castro was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The coroner's office said it was suicide.

Elsie Cintron, who lived up the street from the former school bus driver said, "He took the coward's way out. We're sad to hear that he's dead, but at the same time, we're happy he's gone, and now we know he can't ask for an appeal or try for one if he's acting like he's crazy."

As the shocking news sank in, prison officials faced questions about how a high-profile inmate managed to commit suicide while in protective custody. Just a month ago, an Ohio death row inmate killed himself days before he was to be executed.

Ohio prisons director Gary Mohr announced a review of Castro's suicide and whether he had received proper medical and mental health care. State police are also investigating.

The announcement came after the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio called for a full investigation.