A Eulogy for Prison Wakes, Which There Are Too Many Deaths Continue

A Eulogy for Prison Wakes, Which There Are Too Many Deaths Continue

We used to hold funerals in the prison chapel. There was a sheet-covered table with a dais in front of it, and on top of that was a small cardboard coffin that one of us had made and painted glossy black. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, and all the staff left, the body count in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons has been too high for funerals. At one point there was a monthly Grief Group where you could eulogize those you’…