AdvertisementTempering The Cost Of Aging, Dying In Prison With The Demands Of JusticeAugust 01, 2018Chris BurrellJenifer McKimfacebookEmailNearly 90 former inmates are buried here on the grounds of the North Central Correctional Institution at Gardner. Before inmates, the state buried patients housed at what once was the Gardner State Colony for the "mentally disturbed." (WGBH)