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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.
Jerome Zawada
Released
Father Jerome 'Jerry' Zawada OFM was a Franciscan friar of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province...
Alberto de Jesús Berríos
Released
Alberto de Jesús Berríos was a Puerto Rican independence activist — for years a distributor of the Puerto Rica...
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Sue Nelson
Sue Nelson was initially cited and released after the January 30, 1986 Madison courthouse protest. Two weeks l...
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Cassandra Dixon
Cassandra Dixon actually spent four days in jail in July 1986 as a result of the July 6 blockade of the Wiscon...
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Benjamin Sklar
Benjamin Sklar is individually named among three speakers arrested at the Milwaukee antiwar demonstration at S...
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Bower
Bower is individually named among three speakers arrested at the Milwaukee antiwar demonstration at Second and...
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Nager
Nager is individually named among three speakers arrested at the Milwaukee antiwar demonstration at Second and...
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Joshua Brollier
Released
Joshua Brollier is an antiwar organizer associated with Voices for Creative Nonviolence. He was among activist...
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Joy First
Joy First is an antiwar and anti-torture activist. She was arrested at the White House on June 27, 2009 with M...
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Claes Gabriel Adler
Claes Gabriel Adler is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined...
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Takeo Akizaki
Takeo Akizaki is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at th...
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John Albenberger
John Albenberger is individually named in the May 21, 1942 Camp McCoy receipt report among seven civilian enem...
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Shinji Arai
Shinji Arai is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the...
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Joseph Araki
Joseph Araki is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the...
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Toun Arima
Toun Arima was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-06-13. The report s...
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Tamaki Arita
Tamaki Arita is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the...
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Horyu Asaeda
Horyu Asaeda is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the...
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Shoichi Asami
Shoichi Asami is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at th...
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Chumaimari Fela Askadi
Released
Chumaimari Fela Askadi was born Charles Stallings; took the New Afrikan name Chumaimari Fela Askadi. RNA citiz...
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Noriaki Atsuumi
Noriaki Atsuumi is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Conrad Augustine
Conrad Augustine was among seven anti-fascist workers arrested at the Milwaukee demonstration against Nazi amb...
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Tokuji Baba
Tokuji Baba is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the...
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Hermann C. Baltrusch
Hermann C. Baltrusch is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confine...
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Dusan Basarich
Dusan Basarich, also printed as Dan Basarich, was apprehended in the Milwaukee deportation investigation descr...
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