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Wyoming

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 Wyoming.

100Documented
0In custody
94Released

Eras of repression in Wyoming

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

1940s 90 1950s 4 1910s 4 2020s 1 2010s 1

Documented cases

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

Lloyd Ichiro Okawa
Released
Lloyd Ichiro Okawa was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
Tadashi Oki
Released
Tadashi Oki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being c...
Tom Yoshio Oki
Released
Tom Yoshio Oki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
George Fujio Shimane
Released
George Fujio Shimane was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Afte...
Kellen Sorber
Released
Kellen Michael Sorber was convicted of setting fire to the Albany County Republican Party headquarters in Lara...
Toyoji Sugita
Released
Toyoji Sugita was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
Noboru Sumi
Released
Noboru Sumi was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being c...
Torao Uyemura
Released
Torao Uyemura resisted conscription while confined at Heart Mountain, arguing that his citizenship rights had...
Hiromu Watanabe
Released
Hiromu Watanabe was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
George Masao Yoshida
Released
George Masao Yoshida was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. He w...
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Juan Andras
Juan Andras was arrested in the Wyoming draft-registration case and released on personal recognizance after pl...
Y
Yukio Eto
Released
Yukio Eto was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being con...
J
Jiro John Fujii
Released
Jiro John Fujii was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
C
Castulo Guevara
Castulo Guevara was arrested in the Wyoming draft-registration case and released on personal recognizance afte...
M
Mutsuo Higuchi
Released
Mutsuo Higuchi was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
H
Harold Susumu Hirayama
Released
Harold Susumu Hirayama was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Af...
K
Kazuto Hirose
Released
Kazuto Hirose was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
A
Akira Hiroshige
Released
Akira Hiroshige was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
G
Grant Takao Ide
Released
Grant Takao Ide was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
H
Harry Yoshiaki Ikemoto
Released
Harry Yoshiaki Ikemoto was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Af...
M
Masafumi Imai
Released
Masafumi Imai was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
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Toru Ino
Released
Toru Ino was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being conf...
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Fred Homi Iriye
Released
Fred Homi Iriye was a Japanese American draft resister confined at Heart Mountain and later imprisoned at McNe...
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George Ishikawa
Released
George Ishikawa was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...