Prison_cemetery

Prison cemetery

Prison 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[1] and include convicts executed for capital crimes.[2]

Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville, Texas, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison cemetery for deceased prisoners who are not reclaimed by their families
The original Point Lookout Cemetery, one of the prison cemeteries on the property of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

List of prison cemeteries

References

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    Bryant, Clifton D. Handbook of Death & Dying, Volume 1. Sage, 2003. 500. Retrieved from Google Books on March 1, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7619-2514-9.
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    Nelson's Encyclopedia. Volume IV. March 1927. 329. Retrieved from Google Books on March 1, 2011.
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    "A Brief History of Idaho and the Old Idaho Penitentiary". Behind Gray Walls (Podcast). Idaho State Historical Society. July 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
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    "Photo Album Archived 2010-10-23 at the Wayback Machine." (Alternate link Archived 2010-10-15 at the Wayback Machine) Louisiana State Penitentiary. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.
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    "Bowers May Be Interred at Parchman Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine." (Archive) WTOK-TV. November 7, 2006. Retrieved on March 4, 2011.
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    Trinkley, Michael; Hacker, Debi (February 2009). The Penitentiary Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina (PDF). Chicora Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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    Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 62. ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
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    Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 61. ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
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