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. 500. Retrieved from Google Books on March 1, 2011. . and include convicts executed for capital crimes.Nelson's Encyclopedia. Volume IV. March 1927. 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 Kansas Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery Louisiana Point Lookout Cemetery and Point Lookout II, Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola), West Feliciana Parish"Photo Album ." (Alternate link ) 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"Bowers May Be Interred at Parchman ." () 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 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. 62. . Imperial State Farm Cemetery, Central Unit, Sugar LandTexas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 61. . Gatesville State School, Gatesville"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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