the reformatory later became a maximum security prison before closing in 1990. The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society bought the building for $1 and has been working to restore it since 1994.

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 ...

The Auglaize County Historical Society’s Spring Bus Trip will depart for Mansfield and Richland County early morning Thursday ...

Bret Smith, 57, of Mansfield was convicted of three counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition. The offenses ...

Destination Mansfield has announced that two mid-19th-century houses adjacent to the Ohio State Reformatory, where the cult ...

But the reformatory is so much more. And since 1994, the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society has been working to restore the historic structure. Ramey said she "absolutely" considers the ...