While the film is set in Maine, principal photography took place from June to August 1993 almost entirely in Mansfield, Ohio, with the Ohio State Reformatory serving as the eponymous penitentiary.
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The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, served as the fictional Shawshank State Penitentiary.
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The old prison was bought for a dollar and refurbished. There is a new prison built so close to it that cameras had to be careful to not catch it in filming by raising the camera too high. It would have been seen across a field. By the way, I understand the dollar was returned to the purchaser.
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