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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.
45Documented
0In custody
31Released
Eras of repression in Hawaii
Where Hawaii’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1940s 15
1950s 11
1920s 6
1970s 4
1980s 3
1930s 2
Recent dashboard entries from Hawaii
The newest published events and reporting located in Hawaii, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Habeas petitions challenge prolonged ICE detentions in Hawaii as arrests spike statewide
Protest
Thousands gather in Honolulu for the No Kings day of protest
Protest
No Kings rally draws 2,500 along the Hilo Bayfront
Protest
A No Dictators rally draws 500 along Kaumualii Highway in Lihue
Protest
No Kings demonstrators line Kaahumanu Avenue in Kahului
Documented cases
45 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Jim Albertini
Released
Jim Albertini was arrested on March 8, 1972.
Hawaii anti-nuclear and anti-militarism activist, founder of Mal...
Koji Ariyoshi
Released
Koji Ariyoshi was the editor of the Honolulu Record, a progressive labor weekly, and a World War II veteran wh...
Dwight Freeman
Released
Dwight Freeman was a construction worker and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smi...
Charles Fujimoto
Released
Charles Fujimoto was the chairman of the Communist Party of Hawaii and a lead defendant among the 'Hawaii Seve...
Eileen Fujimoto
Released
Eileen Fujimoto was a union stenographer and the wife of Communist Party Hawaii chairman Charles Fujimoto, and...
Chuck Giuli
Released
Chuck Giuli was a Hawaii anti-war activist associated with catholic Action of Hawaii. He drove participants to...
Jack Hall
Released
Jack Hall was the regional director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in Hawaii, where...
William Huntington
Released
William Huntington was a Quaker crew member of the Golden Rule, the ketch that tried to sail into the Pacific...
Jack Kimoto
Released
Jack Kimoto was an employee of the Honolulu Record, a progressive weekly, and was among the Hawaii Seven prose...
Pablo Manlapit
Released
Pablo Manlapit was the pioneering Filipino labor leader in Hawaii. Pablo Manlapit organized the plantation wor...
Roderick P. Nadeau
Nadeau (Hawaii soldier, 1925) was one of the soldiers individually named as arrested February 19, 1925, in the...
Sam Nishimura
Released
Sam Nishimura was a Japanese American civilian imprisoned at Honouliuli during World War II. The National Park...
John Reinecke
Released
John Reinecke was a fired schoolteacher and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smit...
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 Joseph Snowden is a former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed classified records to jour...
Haruko Takahashi
Released
Haruko Takahashi was a Hawaii-born Shinto priestess who founded the Konko Mission of Wahiawa. Arrested Decembe...
George Willoughby
Released
George Willoughby was a Quaker pacifist and crew member of the Golden Rule, jailed in Honolulu in 1958 for def...
D
Damian DeLonay
Damian DeLonay was jailed for several days pending arraignment after ramming a rented car into the military fa...
J
Jim Snyder
Released
Jim Snyder was physically released September 30, 1985, a few hours after Jim Albertini’s separate bail hearing...
F
Fred Berg
Fred Berg was a US citizen living in Honolulu employed as a shop superintendent at Sears when detained during...
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Willy Beyer
Willy Beyer was a naturalized US citizen and retired Honolulu catering and potato-chip business owner. His let...
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Richard Jeffrey Blair
Released
Richard Jeffrey Blair, writing as R. Jeffrey Blair, was a Hawaii draft counselor and Vietnam War draft resiste...
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Creque
Creque (Hawaii soldier, 1925) was one of the soldiers individually named as arrested February 19, 1925, in the...
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