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Shawshank State Prison
Stephen King location
Prison as pictured in film adaptation
First appearance
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982)
Created by
Stephen King
Genre
Crime fiction
In-universe information
Type
Prison
Shawshank State Prison is a fictional New England state prison in the state of Maine. It serves as the primary location in the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, as well as its subsequent film adaptation. The prison has also been mentioned in several other works by King.
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