Walked straight into movie history today—this is the real Shawshank. Exploring the Ohio State Reformatory was like stepping ...

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 ...

Destination Mansfield has announced that two mid-19th-century houses adjacent to the Ohio State Reformatory, which served as the cult classic’s prison set, are available to visitors through Airbnb.