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(Addition to the end) The Ohio State Reformatory is currently open to tourists 7 days a week from 11am-4pm on April 1st-September 2nd. They also have winter tours on weekends from Februrary 2nd-March 31st and holiday tours on weekends from November 23rd-December 23rd. [1]

The Ohio State Reformatory

Restoration and Tours[edit]

(Reword) "The building is also being used as a haunted house tour during October for Halloween since it's known so much for being haunted" to "Throughout the Halloween season, the building hosts a haunted house through Blood Prison."

(New Addition) The Ohio State Reformatory offers three types of guided tours: History Meets Hollywood which summarizes the history and movie history, Beyond the Bars which focuses more on the history and access to areas off the tour-route, and the Inmate tour which is guided by a former inmate at The Ohio State Reformatory. [1]

The Ohio State Reformatory offers ghost tours as well as the normal daytime tours. They offer public ghost hunts for casual ghost hunters, private ghost hunts for more experienced ghost hunters, ghost walks for children 13 years and up, ghost hunt classes for children 13 years and up, and special ghost hunt events hosted by famous ghost hunters, celebrities, or historians. Prices for these events vary on the type, time, and capacity. [2]

Events[edit]

(New Section Addition) The Ohio State Reformatory currently hosts several different events throughout the year, one of the most popular being INKcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival, which is a 3-day rock band show in mid-July. A few of the other events include The Shawshank Hustle, a 7k running race that goes past 5 film locations of The Shawshank Redemption, Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre which is written and acted out by the Mansfield Playhouse, and the Pour One Nine Beerfest, which features over 25 brews and wines as well as live artists and food.

Film and Television[edit]

  • (Addition) In Fall 2018, Escape Plan 3: Devil's Station with Sylvester Salone was filmed at the facility [3]


  1. ^ a b "Tours". MRPS.org. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Reformatory, The Ohio State. "Paranormal Programs". www.mrps.org. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. ^ Press, Clint O’connor The Associated. "Mansfield Reformatory still grips fans 25 years after movie's release". The News-Herald. Retrieved 2019-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)