In this emotional episode of the Concord Prison Outreach Podcast, Executive Director Sam Williams and Board Chair Liz Rust share their personal poems and book excerpts from their own incarcerations.
Episode Four Podcast: Restorative Justice December 12, 2024
Episode Three Podcast: Heartfelt Stories from Our Family Programming Volunteers
Episode Two Podcast: Holiday Giftbags We’re thrilled to
Home / Programs / Naming the Unnamed Project / Naming Dedication Service
From 1878 until 1996, the Concord Prison Cemetery became the final resting place for 218 men who died while incarcerated, buried in numbered graves, with no name. The cemetery is marked by a large cement cross, mounted on a cement pedestal, visible from Route 2.
Explore this interactive map as you put names to the 218 forgotten men who died while incarcerated in the Massachusetts prison system between 1878 and 1996 and are laid to rest in the Concord Prison Cemetery.
In the spring of 2022, Lisa Daria Kennedy, Associate Professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design collaborated with the Concord Prison Outreach leadership team on the “Naming the Unnamed” Project to bring an artistic expression to each of the people buried at the Concord Reformatory Cemetery.
A multi-faceted community-based project, "Naming the Unnamed" memorializes 218 men buried at the Concord Reformatory Cemetery, bringing this historic place forward as an integral part of Concord’s future.
We recognize the individuals buried in the prison cemetery as people, not numbers; as we turn the markers into monuments and honor those who died while in custody. Explore this marker gallery in your own quest to put names to the numbers.
CONCORD PRISON OUTREACH
100 Main St Suite 130, Concord, MA 01742
Outreach@concordprisonoutreach.org | (978) 369-1430
Tax ID / EIN 04-3439438 / Contact Sam Williams – Executive Director
CONCORD PRISON OUTREACH
100 Main St Suite 130, Concord, MA 01742
Outreach@concordprisonoutreach.org | (978) 369-1430
Tax ID / EIN 04-3439438 / Contact Sam Williams – Executive Director
© Copyright 2026 | Concord Prison Outreach | All Rights Reserved | Website by Bartlett
