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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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George Robinson
George Robinson was a Black man held for purported safekeeping in the county jail at Raymond, Mississippi. The...
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Harold Robinson
Harold Robinson is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Missi...
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Reggie Robinson
Reggie Robinson is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Missi...
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Aisha Salim
Released
Aisha Salim was born Brenda Blount. Served as RNA Minister of Information at the time of the August 18, 1971 r...
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Paul Saltzman
Paul Saltzman was detained during the June 1965 voting-rights demonstrations in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Henry Shields
Released
Henry Shields was one of three Black Mississippi sharecroppers tortured into confessing to the murder of Raymo...
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Frank Smith
Frank Smith is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Mississip...
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Lafayette Surney
Lafayette Surney is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Miss...
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Isaac Thomas
Isaac Thomas was one of two Black men lynched near Clarksdale, Mississippi on June 9, 1934. The June 20 Daily...
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Widijonaiko Tjokroadisunatto
Released
Widijonaiko Tjokroadisunatto was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 29, 1961, for participating in a Fr...
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William Veal
Released
William Veal participated in Canton civil-rights organizing.
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Henry G. Vernon
Henry G. Vernon was president of the Dairy Farmers' Protective League and an individually named jailed picket...
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Lee Chester Vick
Lee Chester Vick is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Miss...
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Tarik Ali
Released
Wendell was a citizen of the Republic of New Afrika and one of the RNA-11 charged after the August 18, 1971 FB...
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George Washington
George Washington was a Canton, Mississippi, store owner identified as jailed in a contemporary CORE report.
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Claude Weaver
Released
Claude Weaver organized civil-rights work in Canton.
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Ron Weiss
Ron Weiss was arrested during the June 1965 voting-rights demonstrations in Jackson, Mississippi.
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James Wells
James Wells is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Mississip...
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Holly White
Holly White was a Black Mississippi prisoner lynched while being transferred from De Kalb to Scooba for a hear...
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Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Mississip...
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Arance Williamson
Arance Williamson is individually documented in Charles Payne’s history of civil-rights-related custody in Mis...
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Robertson Wood
Released
Robertson Wood was a Canadian SNCC worker detained in Jackson, Mississippi during 1965 voting-rights protests....
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