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Prison cemetery

Type of cemetery

Type of cemetery

A prison cemetery is a graveyard reserved for the dead bodies of prisoners. Generally, the remains of inmates who are not claimed by family or friends are interred in prison cemeteries and include convicts executed for capital crimes.

List of prison cemeteries

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Union Correctional Institution, Raiford
    • Idaho
      • Old Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise
    • Kansas
      • Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery
    • Louisiana
      • Point Lookout Cemetery and Point Lookout II, Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), West Feliciana Parish
      • One cemetery at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, St. Gabriel
    • Mississippi
      • Two cemeteries, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman), Sunflower County, Mississippi
    • South Carolina
      • State Cemetery, a.k.a. Penitentiary Cemetery (nicknamed "Tickleberry"), Central Correctional Institution (Columbia), Richland County, South Carolina
    • Texas
      • Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery, Huntsville (the unclaimed remains of inmates who were executed for capital murder are buried here, but the cemetery also includes the remains of non-executed inmates)
      • One cemetery, Clemens Unit, Brazoria County, Texas
      • Imperial State Farm Cemetery, Central Unit, Sugar Land
      • Gatesville State School, Gatesville

References

References

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  2. ''Nelson's Encyclopedia''. Volume IV. March 1927. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1lImRJAW6eAC&dq=%22Prison+cemetery%22+electrocution&pg=PA329 329]. Retrieved from [[Google Books]] on March 1, 2011.
  3. (July 1, 2019). "A Brief History of Idaho and the Old Idaho Penitentiary". Idaho State Historical Society.
  4. "[http://www.corrections.state.la.us/lsp/photos.php Photo Album] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-10-23 ." ([http://www.doc.louisiana.gov/LSP/photos.php Alternate link] {{Webarchive). link. (2010-10-15 ) [[Louisiana State Penitentiary]]. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.)
  5. "[http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/4582842.html Bowers May Be Interred at Parchman] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-18 ." ([https://archive.today/20130209230041/http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/4582842.html Archive]) ''[[WTOK-TV]]''. November 7, 2006. Retrieved on March 4, 2011.)
  6. (February 2009). "The Penitentiary Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina". Chicora Foundation, Inc..
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  9. "[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/SeptOct2005/features3_v13no1.html Hilltop warden, employees work to restore facility’s former glory] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-02-20 ." ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]''. September–October 2005. Retrieved on July 24, 2010.)
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