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Hawaii

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 Hawaii.

189Documented
1In custody
168Released

Eras of repression in Hawaii

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

1940s 158 1950s 11 1920s 6 1970s 4 1980s 3 2020s 2

Documented cases

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

Ronald Saville
In Custody
Ronald Saville was arrested on June 1, 2026 after threatening to attack the Michigan State Capitol and kill Go...
Jim Albertini
Released
Hawaii anti-nuclear and anti-militarism activist, founder of Malu 'Aina Center for Non-Violent Education and A...
Seisaku Aoyagi
Released
Seisaku Aoyagi, also recorded as Kiyosaku Aoyagi, was an Issei junk-store owner from Hilo, Hawaii, incarcerate...
Koji Ariyoshi
Released
Koji Ariyoshi was the editor of the Honolulu Record, a progressive labor weekly, and a World War II veteran wh...
Masayuki Chikuma
Released
Masayuki Chikuma was an Issei Honolulu resident, entertainer and manager of Toyo Theater. JCCH records his bir...
Rentaro Degawa
Released
Rentaro Degawa was an Issei Hilo resident, clerk at American Factors and poet writing under the name Shito. JC...
Josen Deme
Released
Josen Deme was a Buddhist priest and Japanese language school principal at Waipahu Hongwanji Mission. JCCH rec...
Dwight Freeman
Released
Dwight Freeman was a construction worker and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smi...
Sunao Fujii
Released
Sunao Fujii was an Issei restaurant owner living in Kapaa, Kauai. JCCH records November 1942 arrest and Sand I...
Charles Fujimoto
Released
Charles Fujimoto was the chairman of the Communist Party of Hawaii and a lead defendant among the 'Hawaii Seve...
Eileen Fujimoto
Released
Eileen Fujimoto was a union stenographer and the wife of Communist Party Hawaii chairman Charles Fujimoto, and...
Hisashi Fukuhara
Released
Hisashi Fukuhara was an Issei barber-shop owner from Honokaa, Hawaii, who assisted local residents with the Ja...
Kumaji Furuya
Released
Kumaji Furuya was a Honolulu businessman, Fuji Furniture Store owner, community leader and poet who wrote unde...
Ichiro Genishi
Released
Ichiro Genishi was an Issei resident of Waipahu, Oahu, and church director of Tenri Aloha Mission. JCCH record...
Chuck Giuli
Released
Chuck Giuli was a Hawaii anti-war activist associated with catholic Action of Hawaii. He drove participants to...
Mankichi Goto
Released
Mankichi Goto was an Issei Honolulu resident and owner of a building contracting company. The visible JCCH bio...
Jack Hall
Released
Jack Hall was the regional director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in Hawaii, where...
Koji Hashimoto
Released
Koji Hashimoto was the principal of Kaimuki Taiyo Gakuin Japanese Language School in Honolulu. He was incarcer...
Gengo Honda
Released
Gengo Honda, also recorded as Genzo Honda, was the Kauai bureau manager of Nippu Jiji newspaper and a resident...
William Huntington
Released
William Huntington was a Quaker crew member of the Golden Rule, the ketch that tried to sail into the Pacific...
Kinai Ikuma
Released
Kinai Ikuma was a Shinto priest at Hawaii Daijingu in Honolulu. JCCH records his birth year as 1872 and arrest...
Kazuyuki Kawano
Released
Kazuyuki Kawano was an Issei Waipahu resident, owner of Kawano General Store and board member of the Honolulu...
Jack Kimoto
Released
Jack Kimoto was an employee of the Honolulu Record, a progressive weekly, and was among the Hawaii Seven prose...
Zenzo Kisada
Released
Zenzo Kisada was an Issei Kapaa resident and owner of Kisada Store. JCCH records his birth year as 1888. His i...

Institutions in Hawaii

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Hawaii that appear in the census’s case files.

Honolulu JailHonolulu, Hawaii
8 cases
Schofield Barracks
2 cases
US military custody
1 case
Oahu PenitentiaryHonolulu, Hawaii
1 case