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Mississippi

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 Mississippi.

387Documented
0In custody
383Released

Eras of repression in Mississippi

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

1960s 365 1970s 7 1930s 4 1910s 4 1950s 3 2010s 1

Documented cases

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

Joseph M. Pratt
Released
Joseph M. Pratt was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Catherine Jo Prensky
Released
Catherine Jo Prensky was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 29, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Elnora R. Price
Released
Elnora R. Price was twenty-six years old and was arrested at the Jackson Trailways terminal on June 23, 1961 f...
Michael Leon Prichard
Released
Michael Leon Prichard was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 2, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Charles Wesley Purnell
Released
Charles Wesley Purnell was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 22, 1961, for participating in a nonviole...
Roena Rand
Released
Roena Rand was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and c...
Raymond B. Randolph Jr.
Released
Raymond B. Randolph Jr. was a twenty-one-year-old Virginia Union University student arrested in Jackson, Missi...
George Raymond Jr.
Released
George Raymond Jr., a CORE organizer later active in Mississippi voter-registration work, was arrested in Jack...
Cordell Hull Reagon
Released
Cordell Hull Reagon, a co-founder of the SNCC Freedom Singers, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 2...
Meryle Joy Reagon
Released
Meryle Joy Reagon was a nineteen-year-old Tennessee State University student, the sister of SNCC field secreta...
Carolyn Yvonne Reed
Released
Carolyn Yvonne Reed was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 2, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Isaac Reynolds Jr.
Released
Isaac Reynolds Jr., a CORE field worker, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 1961, for participat...
Leon Norman Rice
Released
Leon Norman Rice was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 16, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
David Lering Richards
Released
David Lering Richards was born about 1939 in New York City and was working as a carpenter in Reseda, Californi...
Ruby Doris Smith Robinson
Released
Ruby Doris Smith Robinson was a Spelman College student and an emerging leader of the Student Nonviolent Coord...
Janice Louise Rogers
Released
Janice Louise Rogers was arrested on June 25, 1961 after riding an Illinois Central train from New Orleans to...
John Copeland Rogers
Released
John Copeland Rogers, a thirty-year-old boxer and the husband of fellow rider Janice Louise Rogers, was arrest...
Ralph Robert Rogers
Released
Ralph Robert Rogers was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Thomas Van Roland
Released
Thomas Van Roland was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Henry Rosell
Released
Henry Rosell was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961 — one of the arrests recorded by the Missis...
Marcia Arlene Rosenbaum
Released
Marcia Arlene Rosenbaum was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freed...
Rose Schorr Rosenberg
Released
Rose Schorr Rosenberg was born about 1905 in Hungary and was a Los Angeles attorney and was arrested in Jackso...
Jane Ellen Rosett
Released
Jane Ellen Rosett was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Joseph Lee Ross
Released
Joseph Lee Ross, a twenty-five-year-old Tennessee State University student, was arrested in Jackson, Mississip...

Institutions in Mississippi

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

Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
11 cases
Mississippi state and federal courtsJackson, Mississippi
10 cases
Montgomery County Jail (Winona, MS)Winona, Mississippi
4 cases
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)Sunflower County, Mississippi
3 cases
Hinds County Jail / Laurel CourthouseLaurel, Mississippi
1 case
Pike County Jail / Magnolia (McComb, MS)Magnolia, Mississippi
1 case
Hinds County Jail (Jackson, MS)Jackson, Mississippi
1 case
Mississippi State Penitentiary at ParchmanParchman, Mississippi
1 case