Skip to content
Learn More → State by State

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.

J
James Mitchell
James Mitchell was named as James Mitchell in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested a...
P
Pat Monahan
Released
Pat Monahan was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eightee...
P
Pat Monohan
Released
Pat Monohan was among those indicted in the federal Omaha IWW prosecution. Latchem identifies Pat Monohan in...
F
Frank Mulligon
Frank Mulligon was named as Frank Mulligon in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested a...
F
F. A. Neary
F. A. Neary was named as F. A. Neary in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the...
B
Billy Nef
Billy Nef was named as Billy Nef in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the Nove...
J
Jack Neilson
Released
Jack Neilson was among those indicted in the federal Omaha IWW prosecution. Latchem identifies Jack Neilson i...
J
John Nielson
Released
John Nielson was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighte...
M
Maggie Olson
Maggie Olson of Des Moines was individually named with Robin Larson as turned over to the FBI and held followi...
O
Otto Olson
Otto Olson was named as Otto Olson in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the No...
G
George Pappas
George Pappas was named as George Pappas in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at...
J
John Parson
Released
John Parson was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eightee...
J
John Parsons
Released
John Parsons was among those indicted in the federal Omaha IWW prosecution. Latchem identifies John Parsons i...
W
Walter Pasewalk
Released
Walter Pasewalk was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over 18...
J
Joseph J. Ratti
Released
Joseph J. Ratti was an Industrial Workers of the World member arrested in the November 13, 1917 raid on the IW...
T
Tom Ross
Released
Tom Ross was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen m...
J
Joe Ruby
Released
Joe Ruby was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen m...
N
Nate Saunsoci
Released
Nate was a Native American who, per The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.5 (1976), had spent seven years in juvenile a...
H
Herman Schultz
Herman Schultz was named as Herman Schultz in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested a...
B
Bert Sells
Released
Bert Sells, also printed as Bert or Burt Sell, was an Arcadia, Nebraska farmer and Farm Holiday organizer seri...
C
Charles Sites
Charles Sites was named as Charles Sites in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at...
C
C. L. Smith
Released
C. L. Smith was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eightee...
W
William Smith
William Smith was named as William Smith in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at...
E
Edward Springer
Released
Edward Springer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Nebraska imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...

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