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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.
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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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Helmut Emig
Released
Helmut Emig was a naturalized US citizen and steward at Waialae Training School in Honolulu. His March 12, 194...
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Rebecca Ann Folley
Released
Rebecca Ann Folley, also known as Becca Waters, was incarcerated from April 3 through November 6, 2025 for onl...
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Walter Glockner
Released
Walter Glockner was an individually named civilian internee in Hawaii. An October 21, 1943 military message re...
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Gary Gray
Released
Gary Gray appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft an...
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Itsuo Hamada
Released
Itsuo Hamada was an Issei Kahului resident, Nippu Jiji newspaper branch manager and owner of Hamada Hotel. His...
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Ichiro Izuka
Released
Ichiro Izuka was a Kauai longshoreman, labor organizer and ILWU local vice president. JCCH records his early 1...
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Gerald Karmak
Released
Gerald was a Native Hawaiian sovereignty supporter and US military resister imprisoned in connection with refu...
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George Lee
George Lee was a Coast Guard antiwar resister associated with the AWOL sanctuary at Our Lady of Peace Cathedra...
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Albert Mehl
Released
Albert Mehl was an individually named civilian internee in Hawaii. An October 21, 1943 military message report...
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Yoshihiko Ozu
Yoshihiko Ozu was individually identified as an internee held at Sand Island, Hawaii in a September 4, 1942 Pr...
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Charles W. Post
Released
Charles W. Post was the Honolulu agent of the Marine Firemen. The October 31, 1935 Voice of the Federation rep...
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Schwartz
Schwartz (Hawaii soldier, 1925) was one of the soldiers individually named as arrested February 19, 1925, in t...
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Edwin Reinhold Horst Seifert
Released
Edwin Reinhold Horst Seifert was an individually named civilian internee in Hawaii. An October 21, 1943 milita...
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Masaichi Sesoko
Released
Masaichi Sesoko was a Honolulu teacher at Waialae Japanese Language School incarcerated during World War II. J...
A
Alfred B. M. Smith
Alfred B. M. Smith, formerly Schmidt, was a naturalized US citizen and owner of the Hawaiian Roofing and Paint...
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Lester Masao Uyeda
Lester Masao Uyeda was a Hawaii draft defendant convicted of refusing induction. R. Jeffrey Blair, who attende...
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G. Herbert Walther
G. Herbert Walther was a German-born naturalized US citizen and Honolulu concrete-company accountant. His Marc...
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Louis E. Welch
Louis E. Welch was convicted of assault and battery in connection with the Inter-Island maritime strike in Hon...
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Hans Zimmerman
Dr. Hans Zimmerman was a German-born US citizen interned after the December 8, 1941 wartime roundup in Hawaii....
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