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The Ohio State Reformatory (OSR), also known as the Mansfield Reformatory, is a historic prison located in Mansfield, Ohio in the United States.It was built between 1886 and 1910 and remained in operation until 1990, when a United States Federal Court ruling (the 'Boyd Consent Decree') ordered the facility to be closed.
Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) is an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction mixed-security state prison for men, located at 1150 North Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio, adjacent to the property of the historic Ohio State Reformatory. Ohio's Richland Correctional Institution is also located in Mansfield.
Architect Levi Scofield designed the Ohio State Reformatory to encourage the inmates back to a "rebirth" of their spiritual lives. In 1995, the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society was formed.
Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, Freshwaters was arrested in 1957 for the death of Eugene Flynt, whom he struck and killed while speeding. He pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and, after a brief sentence at the infamous Ohio State Reformatory, he escaped from an honor farm in 1959. In the intervening years, Freshwaters lived under an assumed ...
Ohio State Reformatory and Inkcarceration. The museum venue is a major part of what makes Inkcarceration special. The former prison, which opened in 1896 and closed in 1990, is now most famous as ...
The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society preserved the site as a museum. You can tour the cells of Ohio State Reformatory, made famous by “The Shawshank Redemption.” Most visitors ...
Prison World War II POW camp Ohio State Reformatory: Mansfield: Ohio: United States Prison Old Courthouse & Old Jailhouse Museums: West Bend, Wisconsin: Wisconsin: United States Jail Operated by Washington County Historical Society, Inc. Old Franklin County Jail in the former Franklin County Jail: Chambersburg: Pennsylvania: United States Jail
The Ohio State Reformatory was made famous worldwide by the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption." ... More: Filmmaker explores the paranormal at Mansfield Reformatory, site of 'Shawshank Redemption'