Prison cemetery
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Prison cemetery
A prison cemetery is a cemetery reserved for prisoners. Generally, the remains of inmates who are not claimed by family or friends are interred in prison cemeteries [1] and include convicts executed for capital crimes.[2]
List of prison cemeteries
- United States
- Louisiana
- Point Lookout Cemetery and Point Lookout II, Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), West Feliciana Parish[3]
- One cemetery at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, St. Gabriel[3]
- Mississippi
- 2 cemeteries, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman), Sunflower County, Mississippi[4]
- 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[5]
- Imperial State Farm Cemetery, Central Unit, Sugar Land[6]
- Gatesville State School, Gatesville[7]
- Louisiana
References
- ^ Bryant, Clifton D. Handbook of Death & Dying, Volume 1. SAGE, 2003. 500. Retrieved from Google Books on March 1, 2011. ISBN 0-7619-2514-7, ISBN 978-0-7619-2514-9.
- ^ Nelson's Encyclopedia. Volume IV. March 1927. 329. Retrieved from Google Books on March 1, 2011.
- ^ a b "Photo Album." (Alternate link) Louisiana State Penitentiary. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.
- ^ "Bowers May Be Interred at Parchman." (Archive) WTOK-TV. November 7, 2006. Retrieved on March 4, 2011.
- ^ Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 62. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
- ^ Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 61. ISBN 1-56311-964-1, ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
- ^ "Hilltop warden, employees work to restore facility’s former glory." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. September-October 2005. Retrieved on July 24, 2010.
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