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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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Jo Ann Mulert
Released
One of the eight Beaver 55 defendants prosecuted for the Oct 31, 1969 raid on the Indianapolis Selective Servi...
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James Allen Murch
Released
James Allen Murch was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I....
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Jesse E. Myers
Released
Jesse E. Myers was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martialed a...
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Abraham Neuenschwander
Released
Abraham Neuenschwander was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Cour...
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Omer Neuenschwander
Released
Omer Neuenschwander was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martia...
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Katsuki James Otsuka
Released
Katsuki James Otsuka was a Japanese American Nisei from Richmond, Indiana who had been forcibly interned at th...
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John Pamer
Released
John Pamer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Australia Poole
Released
Australia Poole was a Black Army private from Indianapolis whose right arm was left partially paralyzed by a w...
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Philip H. Pound
Released
Philip H. Pound was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. C...
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John Ramer
Released
John Ramer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Menno Richer
Released
Menno Richer was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martialed and...
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Alfred J. Samter
Released
Alfred J. Samter was charged with contempt of Congress for invoking the First Amendment and refusing to answer...
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Roscoe M. Schrock
Released
Roscoe M. Schrock was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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John H. Smeltzer
Released
John H. Smeltzer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Tilman (Dr.) Soldner
Released
Tilman (Dr.) Soldner was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-...
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Harry Sommers
Released
Harry Sommers was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Walter Sprunger
Walter Sprunger (January 1, 1889 - October 15, 1918) was a Mennonite from Adams County, Indiana, who refused m...
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Charles Stadtfeld
Released
Charles Stadtfeld was a member of the Communist presidential candidate Earl Browder campaign party arrested at...
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Virgil J. Stauffer
Released
Virgil J. Stauffer was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-...
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Jeffrey Stevens
Released
Jeffrey Stevens, 41, of Fort Wayne IN, freelance journalist for The Arab American News, communicated threats o...
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Lorenzo Stone-Bey
Released
New Afrikan/Moorish political prisoner held at the Indiana State Prison, #10006, who became a recognized write...
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Jason Sutherlin
Released
Anti-Racist Action organizer and one of the "Tinley Park Five" — five antifascists who, on May 19, 2012, enter...
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Alfred Tiala
Released
Alfred Tiala was the national secretary of the United Farmers' League, sentenced to six months for "obstructin...
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Viola Tiala
Released
Viola Tiala was a United Farmers' League member arrested on January 20, 1934 alongside her husband, the league...
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