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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.
454Documented
0In custody
390Released
Eras of repression in Mississippi
Where Mississippi’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1960s 410
1930s 18
1970s 10
1950s 4
1910s 4
2010s 2
Recent dashboard entries from Mississippi
The newest published events and reporting located in Mississippi, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Thousands rally at the Old Capitol against redistricting and for voting rights
Protest
Marshall County residents rally against a proposed ICE detention facility
Protest
About 1,500 surround the Mississippi Capitol for a No Kings protest
Protest
No Kings rally at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando
Protest
A coalition rallies against Elon Musk's xAI gas turbines near Memphis
Other
Mississippi newspaper ordered to remove op-ed critical of city officials
Documented cases
454 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Stephen Ashley
Stephen Ashley is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Missis...
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John Ball
Released
John Ball was a SNCC worker jailed in Holmes County, Mississippi in May 1963 following the firebombing of voti...
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Myrtis Bennett
Myrtis Bennett is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Missis...
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Mark Berger
Mark Berger was a Southern Conference Educational Fund filmmaker recording organizing and community life in La...
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James Black
James Black was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Charles...
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Jason L. Blalock
Released
Jason L. Blalock was a conscientious objector from Mississippi imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Sam Block
Sam Block was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Charles Pa...
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Alma Bosley
Released
Alma Bosley was a CORE worker in Canton.
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Ed Brown
Released
Ed Brown was one of three Black Mississippi sharecroppers tortured into confessing to the murder of Raymond St...
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O. G. Brown
Released
O. G. Brown was a Black youth in Mississippi sentenced to death in 1934 for the alleged theft of $1.85, one of...
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Charles...
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George A. Burrows
Released
George A. Burrows was a Black cook in Harrison County, Mississippi who, after a dispute over wages, was framed...
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Janie Campbell
Janie Campbell is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Missis...
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Lewell A. Cecil
Released
Lewell A. Cecil was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in the Freedom Ride sequence of June 10, 1961 — one of t...
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C. O. Chinn
Released
C. O. Chinn supported voter registration and the Canton boycott. He was jailed during the January 1964 crackdo...
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Clarence Chinn
Clarence Chinn was separately named among Canton, Mississippi, arrestees in a contemporary civil rights accoun...
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Henry Lee Chinn
Henry Lee Chinn, identified as C.O. Chinn’s son, was named in two contemporary accounts of separate Canton, Mi...
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Chuma
Released
Chuma was identified by the Republic of New Afrika as one of the RNA-11 arrested during the August 18, 1971 FB...
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Charles Cobb
Charles Cobb was detained in Mississippi in the context of the civil-rights movement, as documented in Charles...
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Jim Collier
Released
James Collier organized voter registration with SNCC in Canton.
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Henry Cooper
Henry Cooper was a Canton, Mississippi, cafe proprietor named in a contemporary SNCC account of arrests during...
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Chase A. Davis
Released
Chase A. Davis was prosecuted for Facebook threats against the American Family Association. He received six mo...
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Ethel Davis
Ethel Davis was one of two Black sharecroppers allegedly held as slaves by Tallahatchie landlord Joe Decker. R...
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Ivory Diggs
Ivory Diggs is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in 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
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)Sunflower County, Mississippi
5 cases
Montgomery County Jail (Winona, MS)Winona, Mississippi
4 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