Who Was Reformed at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield?

If you've seen Shawshank Redemption, then you're familiar with the Ohio State Reformatory -- one of the most notorious prisons in the country.
But before it was movie set or even a maximum-security prison, it served as a place where young inmates could learn a trade and hopefully turn their lives around. It housed a farm, power plant, shoe factory, auto body shop, and more!
So who went to Ohio State Reformatory? And what did they learn? And why did it eventually close? Librarian Mollie Burns answers all those questions and more.

[@MyHumanShow]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Very informative. My dad Wiley Human put many, many years in working there. He started out as a guard and ended being an electrician. He left when the prison closed down and became a Corrections Instructor at the Corrections Training Academy. Again, thank you! - Clark Human -

[@butchrishel1505]

I done time in 79/80.yes,it reformed me.

[@rickconley9660]

Nice video , but not 100% correct . For one , the shoe shop stayed open until 1988. They made state issue shoes for all ohio prisons . Furniture factory closed the same year . The machine shop made prison bunk beds for state prisons in ohio . I was paroled from there in 1989 and did time in both cell blocks..