
The Georgia State Prison Cemetery is a part of the Rogers State Prison complex near Reidsville. It is a stark reminder of the realities of crime and isolation these men brought upon their lives, and the fact that the crosses are numbered with no names is striking.

This marker, provided by inmates on 1 July 1972, notes: “The first interment was on December 20, 1937. The state provides a Christian burial for all deceased inmates for whom private or family burial arrangements are not available.”

For many years, Reidsville was known as the home of Georgia’s electric chair, so I suspect some of these interments are of men who were executed for heinous crimes. There are nearly 700 graves located here.






