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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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Bill Sachio Sumi
Released
Bill Sachio Sumi was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After be...
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Noboru Sumi
Released
Noboru Sumi was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being c...
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Ken Kenroku Sumida
Released
Ken Kenroku Sumida was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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Atsushi Suzuki
Released
Atsushi Suzuki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
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Masayo Suzuki
Released
Masayo Suzuki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
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Shizumi Suzuki
Released
Shizumi Suzuki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
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Ken Kenichi Tainaka
Released
Ken Kenichi Tainaka was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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Min Tamesa
Released
Minoru "Min" Tamesa, a steering-committee member of the Fair Play Committee, was one of the seven leaders of t...
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George Naoichi Tanabe
Released
George Naoichi Tanabe was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Aft...
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Jack Kiyoto Tono
Released
Jack Kiyoto Tono was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After be...
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Sumio Tsuyuki
Released
Sumio Tsuyuki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
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George Susumu Uyeda
Released
George Susumu Uyeda was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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James Tsutomu Uyeda
Released
James Tsutomu Uyeda was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
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Roy Masao Uyeda
Released
Roy Masao Uyeda was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
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Torao Uyemura
Released
Torao Uyemura resisted conscription while confined at Heart Mountain, arguing that his citizenship rights had...
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Shigeru Uyeno
Released
Shigeru Uyeno was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
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Ben Wakaye
Released
Ben Wakaye, a steering-committee member of the Fair Play Committee, was one of the seven leaders of the Heart...
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Hiromu Watanabe
Released
Hiromu Watanabe was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
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George Hitoshi Yamamoto
Released
George Hitoshi Yamamoto was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. A...
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Edward Hiromu Yanagisako
Released
Edward Hiromu Yanagisako was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement....
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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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Kei Yoshida
Released
Kei Yoshida was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being c...