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Hawaii
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 Hawaii.
17Documented
0In custody
16Released
Eras of repression in Hawaii
Where Hawaii’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1950s 11
1920s 3
2010s 1
1990s 1
1980s 1
Documented cases
17 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Jim Albertini
Released
Hawaii anti-nuclear and anti-militarism activist, founder of Malu 'Aina Center for Non-Violent Education and A...
William Huntington
Released
William Huntington was a Quaker crew member of the Golden Rule, the ketch that tried to sail into the Pacific...
Pablo Manlapit
Released
Pablo Manlapit, the pioneering Filipino labor leader in Hawaii, organized the plantation workers' movement and...
Earle L. Reynolds
Released
Earle L. Reynolds was an anthropologist who had studied radiation effects at Hiroshima before sailing his yach...
Orion Sherwood
Released
Orion Sherwood was the youngest crew member of the Golden Rule, the pacifist ketch jailed in Honolulu in 1958...
Edward Snowden
In Exile
Edward Snowden is a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who in June 2013, revealed classified inf...
George Willoughby
Released
George Willoughby was a Quaker pacifist and crew member of the Golden Rule, jailed in Honolulu in 1958 for def...
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Koji Ariyoshi
Released
Koji Ariyoshi was the editor of the Honolulu Record, a progressive labor weekly, and a World War II veteran wh...
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Steve Domagalsky
Released
Steve Domagalsky was a soldier caught up in the 1925 Hawaii Communist-soldier affair at Schofield Barracks — t...
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Roy F. Ebert
Released
Roy F. Ebert was a US Army corporal arrested in the 1925 Hawaii Communist-soldier affair at Schofield Barracks...
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Dwight Freeman
Released
Dwight Freeman was a construction worker and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smi...
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Charles Fujimoto
Released
Charles Fujimoto was the chairman of the Communist Party of Hawaii and a lead defendant among the 'Hawaii Seve...
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Eileen Fujimoto
Released
Eileen Fujimoto was a union stenographer and the wife of Communist Party Hawaii chairman Charles Fujimoto, and...
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Jack Hall
Released
Jack Hall was the regional director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in Hawaii, where...
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Gerald Karmak
Released
Native Hawaiian sovereignty supporter and US military resister imprisoned in connection with refusal of milita...
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Jack Kimoto
Released
Jack Kimoto was an employee of the Honolulu Record, a progressive weekly, and was among the Hawaii Seven prose...
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John Reinecke
Released
John Reinecke was a fired schoolteacher and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smit...
Institutions in Hawaii
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Hawaii that appear in the census’s case files.
Honolulu JailHonolulu, Hawaii
8 cases
Schofield Barracks
2 cases
US military custody
1 case
Oahu PenitentiaryHonolulu, Hawaii
1 case