Tour our facility on your own—in-person or virtually—or book one of our guided tours. These include the “Hollywood Meets History Tour,” the “Beyond the Bars Tour,” the “Old Sparky: Electric Chair History and Ohio Executions Tour,” and the “Shawshank Bus Tour.”

Try to break free from one of our escape rooms, if you can. Solve puzzles, find hidden clues, and race against the clock to escape from Shawshank State Prison or find a way to survive an apocalypse laboratory disaster!

Get in the spirit to explore the paranormal at the reformatory by participating in one of our Public Ghost Hunts, Private Paranormal Investigations, or Ghost Walks.

Check our event calendar for information about ghost hunts, ghost walks, hosted events, closures, and more.

Elevate your event experience—whether you are hosting a fundraiser, conference, or corporate event—by renting one of our rooms for a reasonable rate. We can accommodate anywhere from 15 to 200 people depending on the room you choose.

Every year the Ohio State Reformatory hosts exhilarating events, including the Shawshank Hustle 7K, music and tattoo festival—Inkcarceration, paranormal and psychic convention—ParaPsyCon, and Ohio’s only haunted prison experience—Blood Prison.