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Type of cemetery
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
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
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