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Nebraska

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 Nebraska.

137Documented
0In custody
92Released

Eras of repression in Nebraska

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

1910s 79 1980s 25 1930s 11 1950s 7 1970s 6 2020s 4

Documented cases

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

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E. J. Burkhart
E. J. Burkhart was named as E. J. Burkhart in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested a...
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Elmer Buse
Elmer Buse was named as Elmer Buse in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the No...
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John Frank Cardiello
Released
John Frank Cardiello, known as Frank, was a Catholic Worker organizer, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and pea...
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D. M. Carr
Released
D. M. Carr was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions a...
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Joe Cassier
Joe Cassier was named as Joe Cassier in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the...
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Richard Cleaver
Released
Richard Cleaver was an Iowa writer, Catholic Worker activist, and theologian. A 1975 graduate of Grinnell Coll...
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Charles Corzine
Charles Corzine was named as Charles Corzine in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested...
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James Cronin
Released
James Cronin was an Industrial Workers of the World organizer sent to the Scottsbluff area of Nebraska in Octo...
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Ed Daley
Ed Daley was named as Ed Daley in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the Novemb...
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Roy Decker
Released
Roy Decker was among those indicted in the federal Omaha IWW prosecution. Latchem identifies Roy Decker in th...
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Dean Denner
Released
Dean Denner was individually convicted in September 1984 following the Offutt anti-nuclear demonstration and e...
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Mack Denny
Released
Mack Denny was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions a...
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Edward F. Dicks
Released
Edward F. Dicks was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eig...
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Peter P. Dirksen
Released
Peter P. Dirksen was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Nebraska imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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W. Eicke
W. Eicke was named as W. Eicke in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the Novemb...
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Steven M. Fitch
Released
Steven M. Fitch is a Council Bluffs, Iowa resident who was found carrying a Molotov cocktail during BLM protes...
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Joe Garner
Released
Joe Garner was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen...
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George Glatt
George Glatt was named as George Glatt in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at th...
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C. J. Gushwa
C. J. Gushwa was named as C. J. Gushwa in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at th...
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Audress Harrell
Audress Harrell was named as Audress Harrell in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested...
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John Hauer
Released
John Hauer was from Fremont, Nebraska. John Hauer began serving a twenty-year prison sentence for obstructing...
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Mauro Heck
Released
Mauro Heck was individually named in contemporary reporting on an antiwar protest arrest on 2015-12-27.
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Edgar Held
Released
Edgar Held was beginning to serve a prison sentence on December 11, 1918, and was released on January 16, 1920...
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Simon Hendrickson
Released
Simon Hendrickson was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over e...

Institutions in Nebraska

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

Nebraska State PenitentiaryLincoln, Nebraska
2 cases
Lancaster County District Court
1 case
Fort Robinson
1 case