Possible Clues:

• 'The Shawshank Redemption' setting
• Local govt. prison
• Home to some lifers
• The big house
• Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison" was recorded in one
• Johnny Cash's 'At Folsom Prison' was recorded in one
• Fox River, in TV's "Prison Break"
• Fox River, in TV's 'Prison Break'
• Big house
• Attica, e.g., informally