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Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin.
439Documented
2In custody
135Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Wisconsin
Where Wisconsin’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1940s 250
1930s 47
1910s 33
1960s 23
1970s 22
2020s 19
Recent dashboard entries from Wisconsin
The newest published events and reporting located in Wisconsin, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
A man is arrested dousing an Appleton courthouse Pride flag with gasoline
Protest
About 100 rally outside Ridglan Farms, calling for release of the last ~650 beagles and the facility's closure
Protest
A May Day march from Voces de la Frontera to the Federal Building in Milwaukee
Arrest
Palestinian-American community leader Salah Sarsour, a longtime green-card holder, detained by ICE in Milwaukee; rights groups call it retaliation for his pro-Palestinian advocacy
Protest
Hundreds line State Road and Losey Boulevard for a 'No Kings' rally
Arrest
Wayne Hsiung and three activists charged with four felonies each over an "open rescue" of 22 beagles from Ridglan Farms
Prosecution
Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan is found guilty of obstructing ICE agents
Prosecution
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was convicted of felony obstruction for helping an undocumented man avoid ICE agents at her courthouse
Documented cases
439 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Soichi Obata
Soichi Obata was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the...
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Shunichi Odo
Shunichi Odo was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the...
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Hans Oehler
Hans Oehler was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-08-18. The report...
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Kazahiko Ogata
Kazahiko Ogata was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in th...
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Yoshiro Ogawa
Yoshiro Ogawa was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the...
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Harry C. Oka
Harry C. Oka was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the...
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Yoshikazu Okamiya
Yoshikazu Okamiya was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-06-13. The r...
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Gende Okana
Gende Okana was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the c...
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Ryoshin Okano
Ryoshin Okano was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in the...
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Okin
Okin was jailed after police attacked the October 12, 1931 Communist election rally in Racine. The October18 d...
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Torataro Onoda
Torataro Onoda was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in th...
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Otto Wilhelm Ott
Otto Wilhelm Ott was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-05-23. The re...
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Raymond Owens
Raymond Owens was a member of the Milwaukee Black Panther Party arrested on a concealed-weapon allegation in 1...
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Angelo Pantaleoni
Angelo Pantaleoni was one of eleven defendants imprisoned after a September 9, 1917 confrontation at a pro-war...
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Floyd W. Pearson
Released
Floyd W. Pearson was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from Wisconsin imprisoned during World War I. Court-...
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John Perlach
John Perlach was one of five defendants named as convicted of riot and unlawful assembly after the March 6, 19...
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John Perlich
Released
John Perlich was one of the leaders of the 6 March 1930 unemployment demonstration in Milwaukee — a crowd esti...
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John Perrote
Released
John Perrote was a member of the Menominee Warrior Society and one of the leaders prosecuted after its 1975 ta...
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Sebastian Perzl
Sebastian Perzl was confined at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, under wartime civilian enemy-alien internment. A March...
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Edward Peterson
Edward was a Beloit Young Communist League organizer abducted at gunpoint in June 1932.
EdwardPeterson, Beloi...
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Arthur Martin Pfau
Arthur Martin Pfau is individually named in the March 3, 1942 Sixth Corps Area report among six civilian enemy...
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Herman Pottberg
Herman Pottberg is individually named in the March 3, 1942 Sixth Corps Area report among six civilian enemy-al...
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Teri Rainelli
Released
Teri Rainelli — SOA Watch line-crosser at Fort Benning, Georgia. Convicted of trespass on a military installat...
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Mike Rajanovich
Mike Rajanovich, also printed as Mile Rajanovich, was arrested in the Communist Party hall in Milwaukee. His e...
Institutions in Wisconsin
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Wisconsin that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI OxfordOxford, Wisconsin
11 cases
Milwaukee House of CorrectionMilwaukee, Wisconsin
11 cases
Dane County JailMadison, Wisconsin
8 cases
Ashland County JailAshland, Wisconsin
5 cases
Dane County Circuit Court
2 cases
Wisconsin state prisonMilwaukee, Wisconsin
2 cases
Wisconsin State PrisonWaupun, Wisconsin
2 cases
U.S. Federal Custom House Jail, MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin
1 case