![“No one who knew Mr. Davis bothered to attend his funeral, so it was left up to Damon Gibson, serving 14 years for theft, and the rest of the prison crew to stand in silence over the grave of a man they had never met. Then Mr. Gibson and the others put their gloves on and lowered the coffin into the ground using long straps, providing him eternal rest in the one place in Texas where murderers and other convicts whose bodies are unclaimed can be interred, remembered and, if but for a few moments, honored.” — Texas Prisoner Burials Are a Gentle Touch in a Punitive System - NYTimes.com [via bobbyfinger]
Texas forever.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxc8uuWzIq1qa9siqo1_500.jpg)
“No one who knew Mr. Davis bothered to attend his funeral, so it was left up to Damon Gibson, serving 14 years for theft, and the rest of the prison crew to stand in silence over the grave of a man they had never met. Then Mr. Gibson and the others put their gloves on and lowered the coffin into the ground using long straps, providing him eternal rest in the one place in Texas where murderers and other convicts whose bodies are unclaimed can be interred, remembered and, if but for a few moments, honored.” — Texas Prisoner Burials Are a Gentle Touch in a Punitive System - NYTimes.com [via bobbyfinger]
Texas forever.
