Description: The Main Building at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. The prison, now no longer used, has served as a movie set. The concept of the prison was that labor and learning would provide a way to reform those who were sent there and give them the ability to live a productive life in normal society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06815
Subjects: Prisons; Prisons--Ohio--Pictorial works; Richland County (Ohio)
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: An aerial view of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. The prison, now no longer used, has served as a movie set. The concept of the prison was that labor and learning would provide a way to reform those who were sent there and give them the ability to live a productive life in normal society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06820
Subjects: Prisons; Prisons--Ohio--Pictorial works; Richland County (Ohio)
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Exterior view of street and penitentiary. It was located on Spring Street just west of downtown. It held prisoners from 1834 until 1998. At the peak in 1955 there were 5,235 prisoners housed in the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08686
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Electric chair in the death house of the Ohio Penitentiary. It was used from 1897 until 1963, executing 312 men and 3 women. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08688
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration shows a view of the original Cuyahoga County Jail. The two-story stone building was completed in 1813 and also served as the first Cuyahoga County courthouse and administration building. A wooden fence appears to surround the building. The original illustration appeared in "History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue," compiled by Jacob Shipherd and published in 1859. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04272
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; ; Prisons--Ohio--Pictorial works;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_006_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Prisons--Design and construction; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_005_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Prisons--Design and construction; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. The reformatory is now known as the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_011_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Prisons--Design and construction; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)