Ohio state reformatory

mansfield, ohio

inkcarceration lives at the historic & haunted ohio state REformatory, the filming location of the shawshank redemption

move through the haunted halls of the reformatory and look out for the warden’s widow

Get your first prison tat. Our Monster Energy Tattoo X convention takes place inside and outside of the reformatory.

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