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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.
94Documented
0In custody
93Released
Eras of repression in Wyoming
Where Wyoming’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1940s 88
1950s 4
2020s 1
2010s 1
Documented cases
94 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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James Masaichi Minatani
Released
James Masaichi Minatani was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. H...
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Halley Minoura
Released
Halley Minoura was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
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Tomio Miyahara
Released
Tomio Miyahara was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
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Ichiro Morita
Released
Ichiro Morita was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
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Ray Yoshio Motonaga
Released
Ray Yoshio Motonaga was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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Bobby Masao Nagahara
Released
Bobby Masao Nagahara was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Afte...
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Carl Kaoru Nakada
Released
Carl Kaoru Nakada was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After b...
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Paul Nakadate
Released
Paul Nakadate, a steering-committee member of the Fair Play Committee, was one of the seven leaders of the Hea...
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George Goro Nozawa
Released
George Goro Nozawa was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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Kiyoshi Okamoto
Released
Kiyoshi Okamoto, the camp construction inspector and self-styled "Fair Play Committee of One" who founded the...
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Lloyd Ichiro Okawa
Released
Lloyd Ichiro Okawa was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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Tadashi Oki
Released
Tadashi Oki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being c...
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Tom Yoshio Oki
Released
Tom Yoshio Oki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
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Fred Toru Okuma
Released
Fred Toru Okuma was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
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Christopher Kent Podlesnik
Released
Christopher Kent Podlesnik, age 52, of Laramie WY, left threatening voicemails for Senators Cynthia Lummis, Jo...
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James Satoru Sako
Released
James Satoru Sako resisted conscription while confined at Heart Mountain, arguing that his citizenship rights...
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Tom Tamotsu Sako
Released
Tom Tamotsu Sako was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After be...
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Fred Katsumi Shimane
Released
Fred Katsumi Shimane was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Afte...
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George Fujio Shimane
Released
George Fujio Shimane was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Afte...
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Jun Johnson Shimane
Released
Jun Johnson Shimane was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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Sam Isamu Shimane
Released
Sam Isamu Shimane was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. He was...
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Ken Kengi Shinta
Released
Ken Kengi Shinta was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After be...
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Arthur Springer
Released
Arthur Springer was a Brooklyn pacifist, one of the first two organizers of the 1958 nonviolent campaign again...
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Toyoji Sugita
Released
Toyoji Sugita was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...