Janice Louise Rogers

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
Support
Civil Rights
Janice Louise Rogers

Biography

Janice Louise Rogers was arrested on June 25, 1961 after riding an Illinois Central train from New Orleans to Jackson, Mississippi as a Freedom Rider. The Civil Rights Digital Library reports that she miscarried while imprisoned at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman — one of the starkest documented cruelties of the Jackson prosecutions. Her sentence and release date are not established in the catalog, so those fields are unresolved.

Case

Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
Charges: Breach of the peace — Freedom Ride arrival at the Jackson Illinois Central terminal, June 25, 1961.
Arrested: Jun 25, 1961
Incarcerated: Jun 25, 1961
Sentence: The Civil Rights Digital Library confirms imprisonment at Parchman following the June 25, 1961 Freedom Ride arrest. The sentence length and individual release date remain unverified.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Mississippi

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