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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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Thomas Gozdamovich
Thomas Gozdamovich was among seven anti-fascist workers arrested at the Milwaukee demonstration against Nazi a...
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Elmer Grams
Elmer Grams is named in Page 3 as one of two arrested when deputy sheriffs attacked FERA relief-strike pickets...
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Armand Gregoire
Armand Gregoire is identified in a spring 1942 Aliens Division memorandum as a Camp McCoy internee and says th...
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Helen Griebel
Helen Griebel was arrested by Milwaukee police while walking with a Black person and charged with vagrancy. An...
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Johannes George Grossfuss
Johannes George Grossfuss is individually named in the March 3, 1942 Sixth Corps Area report among six civilia...
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Paul H. Von Hagen
Paul H. Von Hagen was individually listed as a civilian enemy-alien internee held at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in...
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Karl B. Haiduga
Karl B. Haiduga is individually named in the March 16, 1942 Camp McCoy personnel-record transmittal among civi...
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Walter L. Hake
Released
Walter L. Hake was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Wisconsin imprisoned during World War I....
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Takae Hamada
Takae Hamada was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-06-13. The report...
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Kyoichi Hamamura
Kyoichi Hamamura is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Tsunetaro Harada
Tsunetaro Harada is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Charles I. Hasebe
Charles I. Hasebe is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined a...
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Manzuchi Hashimoto
Manzuchi Hashimoto is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined...
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Shigenari Hattori
Shigenari Hattori is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined a...
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Johannes H. W. Hauswald
Johannes H. W. Hauswald is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as conf...
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Joe Hawkins
Released
Joe Hawkins was a Milwaukee unemployed-workers' activist prosecuted after a demonstration at the Fond du Lac A...
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Tomoichi Hayashi
Tomoichi Hayashi is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Sam Herman
Released
Sam Herman was a Communist Party organizer in Racine, Wisconsin during the labor and unemployment protests sur...
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John Hilty
Released
John Hilty was a Milwaukee Communist activist sentenced to three months' confinement following the March 6, 19...
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Yoshio Hino
Yoshio Hino is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the...
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Teruzo Hirama
Teruzo Hirama is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at th...
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Masaichi Hirashima
Masaichi Hirashima is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined...
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Sam Hochstetler
Released
Sam Hochstetler is a Mennonite peace activist who has been repeatedly arrested for civil disobedience at U.S....
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George Hoffman
George Hoffman is individually named in the May 21, 1942 Camp McCoy receipt report among seven civilian enemy-...
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