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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.
Jeanne H. Herrick
Released
Jeanne H. Herrick was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Terry Perlman Hickerson
Released
Terry Perlman Hickerson, nineteen years old at the time, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 8, 1961...
Arrington W. High
Released
Arrington W. High was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on August 27, 1954, for distributing literature withou...
Elizabeth Slade Hirschfeld
Released
Elizabeth Slade Hirschfeld was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 16, 1961, for participating in the Fr...
Frank George Holloway
Released
Frank George Holloway was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
James M. Hopkins Jr.
Released
James M. Hopkins Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 10, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent...
Andrew Horne Jr.
Released
Andrew Horne Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-...
Erma Lee Horne
Released
Erma Lee Horne was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in...
Leon Daniel Horne
Released
Leon Daniel Horne was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 10, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Albert Roy Huddleston
Released
Albert Roy Huddleston was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 23, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Julia Aaron Humbles
Released
Julia Aaron Humbles was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Franklin W. Hunt
Released
Franklin W. Hunt was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Larry Fred Hunter
Released
Larry Fred Hunter was an eighteen-year-old Tennessee State University student, born about 1942, who participat...
Margaret Lois Ihra
Released
Margaret Lois Ihra was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 23, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Louise Jean Inghram
Released
Louise Jean Inghram was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Reginald Jackson
Released
Reginald Jackson was born about 1940 in Houston, Texas, and was working as a costume designer in Los Angeles a...
Gwendolyn C. Jenkins
Released
Gwendolyn C. Jenkins was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 7, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Robert Lee Jenkins
Released
Robert Lee Jenkins was a twenty-seven-year-old student at St. Louis University — his age and student status ar...
Edward B. Johnson
Released
Edward B. Johnson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Frank Johnson
Released
Frank Johnson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Percy Lee Johnson
Released
Percy Lee Johnson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit...
James Wilson Jones
Released
James Wilson Jones was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent si...
James G. Jones
Released
James G. Jones was one of the fifteen Episcopal clergymen arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 13, 1...
Mary L. Jorgensen
Released
Mary L. Jorgensen was an American Friends Service Committee activist, born about 1916, and with her husband Ru...
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