Originally a place of rehabilitation, the reformatory later became a maximum security prison before closing in 1990. The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society bought the building for $1 and has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Celebrities are expected to soon confirm whether they will be in Mansfield this summer for the 30th anniversary of The Shawshank ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Andy Dufresne crawled to freedom through “five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness” in The Shawshank Redemption, it was ...

There will be roughly 3,000 people "doing the hustle" Saturday, Aug. 10, running or walking in the 7K event. Two hundred of those people are virtual participants, said Brian Polen, race director.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A friend texted me a flyer that shined a spotlight on an event Thursday night at the old Mansfield Reformatory. Now, why would anybody give two cents about what a prison had ...

The iconic backdrop to the 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption” has long been a popular historic site. However, the stories behind the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield rival the tale of Andy and ...

The former Ohio State Reformatory, where the Oscar-nominated film shot 30 years ago, is now a museum that draws over 170,000 people a year. By Linda Laban When Andy Dufresne crawled to freedom through ...