Alarmed over the discovery of 215 multiracial bodies found buried in a pauper’s cemetery behind the Hinds County, Mississippi jail, Reverend Hosea Hines,

“Some relatives of those found buried behind the jail simply thought they were missing. They object to having to pay a fee for the removal of their loved one’s remains that are needed for a proper burial.”

  • @kalkulatEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    It was a truly horrible place.

    If you don’t still live there, or haven’t heard of it recently, the site’s been partly excavated (authorized by Gov. Rick Scott) starting 10 years ago. Several men sent there as boys and still living testified about it in 2007. The most recent news I heard (in 2019) was that 27 more graves had been found. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article229136219.html

    • @MonkeyhogEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      I moved away 20 years ago, and I still hate going back to Florida for any family event, that state was a horrible place to grow up.