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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.

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Walter Glockner
Walter Glockner was an individually named civilian internee in Hawaii. An October 21, 1943 military message re...
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Gary Gray
Released
Gary Gray appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft an...
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Itsuo Hamada
Released
Itsuo Hamada was an Issei Kahului resident, Nippu Jiji newspaper branch manager and owner of Hamada Hotel. JCC...
I
Irene Umeno Harada
Released
Irene Umeno Harada, born Umeno Tanaka on Kauai, lived on Niihau with her husband Yoshio. JCCH records her arre...
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Ruby Chiyo Harrison
Released
Ruby Chiyo Harrison, also known as Ruby Chiyo Tsukayama and Chiyo Tsukayama, was a Honolulu Japanese American....
S
Satoru Hirae
Released
Satoru Hirae was an Issei masseur from Honolulu. JCCH records his birth year as 1887. His individual record do...
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Kentaro Hirashima
Released
Kentaro Hirashima was an Issei Honolulu resident and fish-store employee. JCCH records his birth year as 1880....
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Mitsutaka Horiuchi
Released
Mitsutaka Horiuchi was an Issei Lahaina resident and store employee. JCCH records his birth year as 1886. His...
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Ichiro Izuka
Released
Ichiro Izuka was a Kauai longshoreman, labor organizer and ILWU local vice president. JCCH records his early 1...
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Gerald Karmak
Released
Native Hawaiian sovereignty supporter and US military resister imprisoned in connection with refusal of milita...
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Toyoki Kimura
Released
Toyoki Kimura was an Issei storekeeper from Wailuku, Maui. JCCH records his birth year as 1901. His individual...
T
Takichi Kinoshita
Released
Takichi Kinoshita was an Issei bus driver from Hilo, Hawaii. JCCH records his birth year as 1891. His individu...
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Fumiko Kitajima
Released
Fumiko Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American child from Kapaa, Kauai, and a daughter of Shoyu and Kamechiyo K...
K
Kamechiyo Kitajima
Released
Kamechiyo Kitajima was a teacher at Kapaa Nisshin Gakko Japanese Language School and the wife of Shoyu Kitajim...
K
Kunihiko Kitajima
Released
Kunihiko Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American child from Kapaa, Kauai, and a son of Shoyu and Kamechiyo Kita...
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Noritaka Kitajima
Released
Noritaka Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American child from Kapaa, Kauai, and a son of Shoyu and Kamechiyo Kita...
R
Roku Kitajima
Released
Roku Kitajima was a Kohala resident and the wife of Yoshio Kitajima. JCCH records her birth year as 1909. Her...
S
Shizuo Charles Kitajima
Released
Shizuo Charles Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American from Kohala, Hawaii Island, and a son of Yoshio and Roku...
S
Sumie Kitajima
Released
Sumie Kitajima was born at Tule Lake Segregation Center in May 1944 while her parents, Yoshio and Roku Kitajim...
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Takashi Kitajima
Released
Takashi Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American from Kohala, Hawaii Island, and a son of Yoshio and Roku Kitaji...
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Yoshikata Kitajima
Released
Yoshikata Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American child from Kapaa, Kauai, and a son of Shoyu and Kamechiyo Kit...
Y
Yoshizumi Stanley Kitajima
Released
Yoshizumi Stanley Kitajima was a Nisei Japanese American from Kohala, Hawaii Island, and a son of Yoshio and R...
S
Sukeichi Koide
Released
Sukeichi Koide was an Issei Honolulu resident, owner of Onomichiya Inn and a member of the Honolulu Japanese H...
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Teruo Konishi
Released
Teruo Konishi was a Honolulu teacher at Hawaii Chuo Gakuin Japanese Language School, among its teachers incarc...

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