The reformatory closed in 1990 when the new Mansfield Correctional Institution opened nearby. The Ohio State Reformatory then sat vacant for several years until purchased by the preservation society.

The Ohio State Reformatory/Mansfield Reformatory, a shuttered prison in Mansfield, Ohio, was made famous as the film setting of 1994’s The Shawshank Redemption. The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Buy This ...