COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) announced Friday that Harold May of Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) was chosen the 2025 Warden of the Year. May began his career with DRC in 1999, taking on the role of correction officer at North Central Correctional Institution. Over the years, he held leadership roles, […]
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Former MANCI inmate changes mind about plea in alleged beating of corrections officer
A former Mansfield Correctional Institution inmate changed his mind Tuesday morning about pleading guilty to allegedly beating a female corrections officer.
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Voorhies selected 2025 MANCI Officer of the Year
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) has recognized Officer Kyle Voorhies as its 2025 Officer of the Year. Voorhies displayed exceptional dedication, leadership, and service over his career as a correctional officer. Officer Voorhies has been an integral part of MANCI’s Special Response Team (SRT) for the past eight years and now serves as the […]
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MANCI & RiCI art show returns to Ohio State Reformatory
MANSFIELD — The Ohio State Reformatory is hosting a pop up art gallery this weekend in collaboration with two local prisons. The show features paintings, drawings, jewelry and other items made by people incarcerated at Richland Correctional Institution and Mansfield Correctional Institution. Chris Swanson, recreation director at RiCI, said the art show had been an […]
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Hope & redemption: The enduring 30-year bond between OSR and Shawshank
MANSFIELD — The former Ohio State Reformatory and the “Shawshank Redemption” movie have had a three-decade-long symbiotic relationship. One would not exist without the other. Ultimately, both found redemption within one another. More on that below. That unique relationship that will be renewed and refreshed Aug. 9 to 11 when movie lovers from around the […]
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Grand jury: Perrysville man indicted on 42 charges, including attempted murder
Jareth Vance, 32, of Perrysville, has been indicted on 42 charges by a Richland County grand jury and remains in the Richland County Jail.
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OCSEA stages event at Mansfield prison to seek public support for new contract
MANSFIELD — The irony was not lost on James Beverly Jr. that the Mansfield Correctional Institution was conducting a hiring event on Monday. If the State of Ohio would compensate its employees fairly, it could hire employees quicker, according to Beverly, a former MANCI corrections officer and a current staff representative for the Ohio Civil […]
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OSR launches $1 million campaign to restore West Cell Block at prison
The Ohio State Reformatory has launched a $1 million fundraising campaign to fully restore the West Cell Block at the historic former prison. Officials with the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society said work will be done in stages over the next three to five years. To learn more about the campaign, email Ashleigh Ramey at ashleigh@mrps.org […]
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MANCI worker selected Ohio’s Correctional Officer of the Year
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Correctional Institution officer Terry Burke earned a statewide honor this week. State Sen. Mark Romanchuk (R-Ontario) honored Burke, recipient of the 2023 Ronald C. Marshall Award from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, as its Correctional Officer of the Year. Burke has served as a correction officer at the Mansfield Correctional Institution for the past […]