Janice Louise Rogers

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights
Janice Louise Rogers

Biography

Janice Louise Rogers was arrested on June 25, 1961 after riding an Illinois Central train from New Orleans to Jackson, Mississippi as a Freedom Rider. The Civil Rights Digital Library reports that she miscarried while imprisoned at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman — one of the starkest documented cruelties of the Jackson prosecutions. Her sentence and release date are not established in the catalog, so those fields are unresolved.

Case

Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
Charges: Breach of the peace — Freedom Ride arrival at the Jackson Illinois Central terminal, June 25, 1961.
Arrested: Jun 25, 1961
Sentence: Arrested June 25, 1961; imprisoned at Parchman, where the Civil Rights Digital Library reports she miscarried. Her sentence length and release date are unresolved pending court or penitentiary records.
Convicted: Convicted — she was imprisoned at Parchman, where the catalog reports she miscarried
Institution State: Mississippi

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