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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
Recent dashboard entries from Hawaii
The newest published events and reporting located in Hawaii, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Habeas petitions challenge prolonged ICE detentions in Hawaii as arrests spike statewide
Protest
Thousands gather in Honolulu for the No Kings day of protest
Protest
No Kings rally draws 2,500 along the Hilo Bayfront
Protest
A No Dictators rally draws 500 along Kaumualii Highway in Lihue
Protest
No Kings demonstrators line Kaahumanu Avenue in Kahului
Documented cases
189 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Masamizu Kitajima
Released
Masamizu Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American child from Kapaa, Kauai, and a son of Shoyu and Kamechiyo Kita...
Shoyu Kitajima
Released
Shoyu Kitajima, also known as Masao Kitajima, was a Buddhist priest and Japanese language school principal at...
Toshitaka Robert Kitajima
Released
Toshitaka Robert Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American from Kohala, Hawaii Island, and a son of Yoshio and Ro...
Yoshio Kitajima
Released
Yoshio Kitajima was a Buddhist priest and Japanese language school principal at Kohala Jodo Mission on Hawaii...
Gikyo Kuchiba
Released
Gikyo Kuchiba was a Honolulu Buddhist bishop of Honpa Hongwanji Mission. JCCH records December 1941 arrest and...
Pablo Manlapit
Released
Pablo Manlapit was the pioneering Filipino labor leader in Hawaii. Pablo Manlapit organized the plantation wor...
Junzo Mashita
Released
Junzo Mashita was an Issei sugar-plantation foreman from Koloa, Kauai. JCCH records his birth year as 1889. Hi...
Alice Noriko Matano
Released
Alice Noriko Matano was a Nisei Japanese American child of Konin and Tamako Matano. JCCH records the birth yea...
Konin Matano
Released
Konin Matano was a Buddhist priest and Japanese language school principal at Waianae Hongwanji Mission. JCCH r...
Totaro Matsui
Released
Totaro Matsui was an Issei Pacific Bank manager living in Honolulu. JCCH records December 1941 arrest and Sand...
Yutetsu Matsui
Released
Yutetsu Matsui was a Buddhist priest and Japanese language school principal at Hana Hongwanji Mission, Maui. J...
Kazumi Matsumoto
Released
Kazumi Matsumoto was an Issei carpenter living in Kalaheo, Kauai. JCCH records December 1941 arrest, Wailua Co...
Toramatsu Matsumoto
Released
Toramatsu Matsumoto was an Issei Honolulu resident and Shinto priest at Kato Shrine. JCCH records his birth ye...
Tatsuji Morimoto
Released
Tatsuji Morimoto was an Issei resident of Wailuku, Maui, and a salesman for Singer Sewing Machine Company. JCC...
Zenkichi Morita
Released
Zenkichi Morita was an Issei shipping-port truck driver living in Eleele, Kauai, and a prewar member of the In...
Roderick P. Nadeau
Nadeau (Hawaii soldier, 1925) was one of the soldiers individually named as arrested February 19, 1925, in the...
Yuichi Nakamura
Released
Yuichi Nakamura was an Issei Honolulu resident and owner of Nakamura Hotel, which he opened in 1930. JCCH reco...
Sukenoshin Nakano
Released
Sukenoshin Nakano, also recorded as Yunoshin Nakano, was an Issei sugar-plantation employee from Makaweli, Kau...
Dan Toru Nishikawa
Released
Dan Toru Nishikawa was a Honolulu newspaper salesman, born in Hawaii and educated in Japan. During US wartime...
Sam Masao Nishimura
Released
Masao (Sam) Nishimura was a Japanese American civilian imprisoned at Honouliuli during World War II. The Natio...
Hakuai Oda
Released
Hakuai Oda was a Buddhist priest and Japanese language school principal at Aiea Hongwanji Mission. JCCH record...
Kenjyo Ohara
Released
Kenjyo Ohara, also recorded as Kenjo Ohara, was a Buddhist priest at Olaa Hongwanji Mission who arrived in Haw...
Joei Oi
Released
Joei Oi was chief priest of Nichiren Hommon Mission and principal of Rissho Japanese Language School in Honolu...
John Reinecke
Released
John Reinecke was a fired schoolteacher and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smit...
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