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Actually the warden and guards at Thomaston State Prison in Maine (1940).

SHAWSHANK REDUX

Another case of art imitating life. When we first saw this image the significance for us at DPI was instantaneous. One of the most acclaimed films is “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994) starring Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as “Red”.  Andy was sent to this fictional Shawshank prison in Maine in 1947. The photo in this blog was also taken in Maine at the Thomaston State Prison in 1940. The image shows the warden and several guards. The warden seems to even bear an uncanny resemblance to warden Norton in the film albeit a bit taller. It does make you wonder.

Note the “Home, Sweet, Home” sign. “His judgment cometh and that right soon”. An image almost too good to be true.

The water wagon at the prison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummins_Unit.

CUMMINS UNIT a/k/a CUMMINS STATE FARM

Arkansas prison, “The Farm”.  Maybe not as well known as the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, but a place to stay far away from if possible. Shown here is the water wagon used for the prisoners out in the fields (April 18, 1957).  See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummins_Unit for a full explanation of the goings on at Cummins.