Thomaston, Maine: Prison Gift Shop
An outlet for the crafts made by the inmates of Maine State Prison. Pleasant gift items; no leg irons or striped uniforms for sale. The prison was demolished in 2002, but the southeast corner of the wall still stands as a monument.
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The leaky and deteriorating Maine State Prison may be demolished if no one in Maine can be convinced to turn it into a tourist attraction. Keeping 'em locked up since 1824, the place still houses killers and all manner of vile criminals -- the kind that inspired the lovable miscreants in Stephen King's "The Shawshank Redemption." Some scenes for that film were shot at the Ohio State Reformatory (down the street from the Living Bible Museum), in Mansfield, OH....
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Prison Gift Shop
Maine State Prison Showroom
- Address:
- 358 Main St., Thomaston, ME
- Directions:
- On the west edge of town, on the south side of US 1, at the corner of Brooklyn Heights Rd. Next to the big, open field that used to be the prison. Also check out that last corner left of the old prison wall.
- Phone:
- 207-354-9237
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