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Arkansas
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Arkansas.
76Documented
0In custody
75Released
Eras of repression in Arkansas
Where Arkansas’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 54
1930s 12
2020s 6
1950s 2
1980s 1
1970s 1
Documented cases
76 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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John Thomas
Released
One of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919 in Phillips Coun...
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Walter Ward
Released
One of the Black sharecroppers imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919 in Phillips Coun...
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Claude C. Williams
Released
The Rev. Claude C. Williams was a radical Presbyterian minister and Southern Tenant Farmers' Union organizer,...
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Sam Wilson
Released
One of the Black defendants imprisoned after the Elaine massacre of September–October 1919 in Phillips County,...
Institutions in Arkansas
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Arkansas that appear in the census’s case files.
Arkansas State Penitentiary
47 cases
Cross County JailWynne, Arkansas
1 case
Sebastian County JailFort Smith, Arkansas
1 case
Cummins Unit
1 case