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Indiana

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 Indiana.

103Documented
5In custody
93Released

Eras of repression in Indiana

Where Indiana’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1910s 52 1960s 14 1930s 9 1800s 8 2020s 4 2000s 4

Documented cases

103 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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Melvin E. Hooley
Released
Melvin E. Hooley was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Forrest Hostetler
Released
Forrest Hostetler was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martiale...
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Ivan Hostetler
Released
Ivan Hostetler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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?? Huckleberry
Released
?? Huckleberry was a conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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Melvin Johnson
Melvin Johnson was an Indianapolis Black Power defendant jailed in 1968 over an alleged weapons and police-chi...
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Vernis Kitterman
Released
Vernis Kitterman was a Quaker conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Russell A. Lantz
Released
Russell A. Lantz was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
R
Robert Lehrer
Released
Robert Lehrer was charged with contempt of Congress after invoking the First Amendment at the 1958 HUAC hearin...
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Elmer Liechty
Released
Elmer Liechty was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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John P. Liechty
Released
John P. Liechty was a conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for r...
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Milo Long
Released
Milo Long was a United Farmers' League member charged with "obstructing the course of justice" in the January...
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T. Luesse
Released
T. Luesse was a young worker of Indianapolis sentenced to a year in prison in 1931 for selling the Daily Worke...
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Paul Joseph Mack
Released
The youngest Beaver 55 defendant, age 18 at the time of the Indianapolis draft-board raid. Convicted on all fo...
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Victor Malis
Released
Victor Malis was charged with contempt of Congress after invoking the First Amendment to refuse questions abou...
J
Jacob D. Mazelin
Released
Jacob D. Mazelin was a Amish conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martiale...
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Connie Grubbs McNamara
Released
One of the eight Beaver 55 defendants prosecuted for the Oct 31, 1969 destruction of draft files at the Indian...
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Marty McNamara
Released
One of the eight Beaver 55 defendants in the Indianapolis draft-file destruction case (United States v. Donner...
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Ray Metzler
Released
Ray Metzler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
R
Ren Metzler
Released
Ren Metzler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Jesse Ellis Meyers
Released
Jesse Ellis Meyers was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World Wa...
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Owen J. Miller
Released
Owen J. Miller was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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Payson Miller
Released
Payson Miller was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Ray M. Miller
Released
Ray M. Miller was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Eldridge Morrison Jr. (Omar Shabazz)
Eldridge Morrison Jr was an Indianapolis Black Power defendant jailed in 1968 over an alleged weapons and poli...

Institutions in Indiana

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Indiana that appear in the census’s case files.

Communications Management UnitAlbany, Indiana
6 cases
USP Terre HauteTerre Haute, Indiana
3 cases
Terre Haute JailTerre Haute, Indiana
3 cases
FCI Terre HauteTerre Haute, Indiana
2 cases
United States Penitentiary, Terre HauteTerre Haute, Indiana
2 cases
Indiana State PrisonMichigan City, Indiana
2 cases
Miami Correctional FacilityBunker Hill, Indiana
1 case
Indianapolis Federal Military PrisonIndianapolis, Indiana
1 case