Prison cemetery explained

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]

List of prison cemeteries

• United States
  • Florida
    • Union Correctional Institution, Raiford
  • Idaho
    • Old Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise^[3]
  • Kansas
    • Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery
  • Louisiana
    • Point Lookout Cemetery and Point Lookout II, Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), West Feliciana Parish^[4]
    • One cemetery at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, St. Gabriel^[4]
  • Mississippi
    • 2 cemeteries, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman), Sunflower County, Mississippi^[5]
  • South Carolina
    • State Cemetery, a.k.a. Penitentiary Cemetery (nicknamed "Tickleberry"), Central Correctional Institution (Columbia), Richland County, South Carolina^[6]
  • 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^[7]
    • Imperial State Farm Cemetery, Central Unit, Sugar Land^[8]
    • Gatesville State School, Gatesville^[9]

Notes and References

1. [Bryant, Clifton D.]
2. Nelson's Encyclopedia. Volume IV. March 1927. 329. Retrieved from Google Books on March 1, 2011.
3. A Brief History of Idaho and the Old Idaho Penitentiary . Behind Gray Walls . Idaho State Historical Society . July 1, 2019 . May 1, 2023.
4. "Photo Album ." (Alternate link) Louisiana State Penitentiary. Retrieved on July 20, 2010.
5. "Bowers May Be Interred at Parchman ." (Archive) WTOK-TV. November 7, 2006. Retrieved on March 4, 2011.
6. Book: Trinkley . Michael . Hacker . Debi . The Penitentiary Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina . February 2009 . Chicora Foundation, Inc. . 27 September 2019.
7. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 62. .
8. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 61. .
9. "Hilltop warden, employees work to restore facility’s former glory ." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. September–October 2005. Retrieved on July 24, 2010.