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, 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)
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^Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 62. ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.
^Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Turner Publishing Company, 2004. 61. ISBN 978-1-56311-964-4.