Prison cemetery

File:JoeByrdCemeteryHuntsvilleTX.jpg in Huntsville, Texas, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison cemetery for deceased prisoners who are not reclaimed by their families]]

File:Point Lookout I.jpg in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana]]

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 cemeteriesBryant, Clifton D. Handbook of Death & Dying, Volume 1. Sage, 2003. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3z9EpgisKOgC&dq=%22Prison+cemetery%22+deceased+prisoners&pg=PA500 500]. Retrieved from Google Books on March 1, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-7619-2514-9}}. and include convicts executed for capital crimes.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.

List of prison cemeteries

United States
Florida
Union Correctional Institution, Raiford
Idaho
Old Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise{{Cite podcast |url=https://soundcloud.com/behindgraywalls/a-brief-history-of-idaho-and-the-old-idaho-penitentiary |title=A Brief History of Idaho and the Old Idaho Penitentiary |website=Behind Gray Walls |publisher=Idaho State Historical Society |date=July 1, 2019 |access-date=May 1, 2023}}
Kansas
Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery
Louisiana
Point Lookout Cemetery and Point Lookout II, Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), West Feliciana Parish"[http://www.corrections.state.la.us/lsp/photos.php Photo Album] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023113314/http://www.corrections.state.la.us/LSP/photos.php |date=2010-10-23 }}." ([http://www.doc.louisiana.gov/LSP/photos.php Alternate link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015055656/http://doc.louisiana.gov/LSP/photos.php |date=2010-10-15 }}) Louisiana State Penitentiary. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.
One cemetery at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, St. Gabriel
Mississippi
Two cemeteries, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman), Sunflower County, Mississippi"[http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/4582842.html Bowers May Be Interred at Parchman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718122240/http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/4582842.html |date=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.
South Carolina
State Cemetery, a.k.a. Penitentiary Cemetery (nicknamed "Tickleberry"), Central Correctional Institution (Columbia), Richland County, South Carolina{{cite book |last1=Trinkley |first1=Michael |last2=Hacker |first2=Debi |title=The Penitentiary Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina |date=February 2009 |publisher=Chicora Foundation, Inc. |url=https://www.chicora.org/pdfs/RC509.pdf |access-date=27 September 2019}}
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, TexasTexas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VgTcF_VMt54C&dq=Clemens+Unit&pg=PA62 62]. {{ISBN|978-1-56311-964-4}}.
Imperial State Farm Cemetery, Central Unit, Sugar LandTexas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VgTcF_VMt54C&q=Central&pg=PA62 61]. {{ISBN|978-1-56311-964-4}}.
Gatesville State School, Gatesville"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/mediasvc/connections/SeptOct2005/features3_v13no1.html Hilltop warden, employees work to restore facility’s former glory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220040736/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us//mediasvc/connections/SeptOct2005/features3_v13no1.html |date=2011-02-20 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. September–October 2005. Retrieved on July 24, 2010.

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