A Pictorial Walk Through Our State Hospitals' Cemeteries

This is how some citizens of the Commonwealth bury their pets.

	In a field with 1, 147 other graves, this rusted steel sign post marks the resting place of a patient from Worcester State Hospital, buried there in 1988. Not even a numbered marker!
	Do we deserve less respect than animals? Those of us who are have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings.
	We do not accept this assault on our dignity. Do the right thing!
	The state must properly restore and maintain state hospital cemeteries.

There are two cemeteries at Foxboro State Hospital with an estimated 1,100 people buried there. These graves include a number and a Patient ID.

At Grafton State Hospital, there are 1,041 people buried. Markers are simply numbered.

Channel 5 news report Jorge Quiroga stands inside the jungle-like overgrowth of the main

Graves are marked with only a number. The state does not have a complete list of who is buried there.