I missed posting a featured prison yesterday and things are a little hectic around chez Courtney this week so I'm going to do a feature on a prison I already knew a lot about because my friend was locked up there for the first few years of his sentence.
Mansfield Correctional Institution opened in 1991 very close to the old Mansfield Reformatory where the Shawshank Redemption was filmed as well as many paranormal television shows as it is considered to be haunted. The new Mansfield Correctional Institution was home to Ohio's death row from 1995 until 2005, when it was relocated to Youngstown. It's population is close to 2500, 1500 of whom are African American. It is home to two unique programs. One is the box factory, where inmates make cardboard boxes for state agencies. The other program is called the Tender Loving Dog Care Program where dogs are brought to to the prison who would have otherwise been put down. At Mansfield, they are trained by inmates to make them more adoptable. You can find information about adopting these dogs at the Ashland County Humane Society.
In 1997, there was a riot at Mansfield, which always used to make me nervous. During the riot, several inmates gained access to death row inmate Wilford Berry's cell and assaulted him. They had chosen Berry because he had waived his right to any appeal and submitted to death by lethal injection voluntarily. As such, he earned the nickname "the Volunteer". His fellow death row inmates didn't like the affect they percieved this might have on their own sentences. Berry suffered serious injuries requiring surgery and staples in his head. He was executed in February of 1999.
Wilford Berry on Wikipedia
Mansfield was also home to Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who was on death row for the murder of a two year old girl. After serving 20 years on death row, questions arose about his conviction. In an appeal, it was ruled that Richey's lawyer in the original trial had been ineffective and he was to be retried. He accepted a plea bargain by pleading no contest. In return he was released and sent back to Scotland. There have always been very significant doubts about Richey's guilt to the point that he caught the attention of Amnesty International among other organizations. He was also featured on an American Justice Episode, Playing with Fire.
Kenny Richey on Wikipedia
ManCI's Ohio DRC page
ManCI Discussion on Prison Talk
ManCI on Prison Place
A touching article about the release of a wrongfully convicted man, Clarence Elkins.
Archive of all Featured Prisons on Genpop.org
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Mansfield Correctional Institution opened in 1991 very close to the old Mansfield Reformatory where the Shawshank Redemption was filmed as well as many paranormal television shows as it is considered to be haunted. The new Mansfield Correctional Institution was home to Ohio's death row from 1995 until 2005, when it was relocated to Youngstown. It's population is close to 2500, 1500 of whom are African American. It is home to two unique programs. One is the box factory, where inmates make cardboard boxes for state agencies. The other program is called the Tender Loving Dog Care Program where dogs are brought to to the prison who would have otherwise been put down. At Mansfield, they are trained by inmates to make them more adoptable. You can find information about adopting these dogs at the Ashland County Humane Society.
In 1997, there was a riot at Mansfield, which always used to make me nervous. During the riot, several inmates gained access to death row inmate Wilford Berry's cell and assaulted him. They had chosen Berry because he had waived his right to any appeal and submitted to death by lethal injection voluntarily. As such, he earned the nickname "the Volunteer". His fellow death row inmates didn't like the affect they percieved this might have on their own sentences. Berry suffered serious injuries requiring surgery and staples in his head. He was executed in February of 1999.
Wilford Berry on Wikipedia
Mansfield was also home to Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who was on death row for the murder of a two year old girl. After serving 20 years on death row, questions arose about his conviction. In an appeal, it was ruled that Richey's lawyer in the original trial had been ineffective and he was to be retried. He accepted a plea bargain by pleading no contest. In return he was released and sent back to Scotland. There have always been very significant doubts about Richey's guilt to the point that he caught the attention of Amnesty International among other organizations. He was also featured on an American Justice Episode, Playing with Fire.
Kenny Richey on Wikipedia
ManCI's Ohio DRC page
ManCI Discussion on Prison Talk
ManCI on Prison Place
A touching article about the release of a wrongfully convicted man, Clarence Elkins.
Archive of all Featured Prisons on Genpop.org
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