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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 and include convicts executed for capital crimes.

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Ca visit to prison cemetery


List of prison cemeteries

  • United States
  • Fort Leavenworth, 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
  • 2 cemeteries, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman), Sunflower County, Mississippi
  • 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

    Prison cemetery Wikipedia
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