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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.
I
Ishima Kusano
Released
Ishima Kusano was an Issei Hilo resident and storekeeper. JCCH records his birth year as 1887. His individual...
G
George Lee
George Lee was a Coast Guard antiwar resister associated with the AWOL sanctuary at Our Lady of Peace Cathedra...
A
Albert Hiromaru Matano
Released
Albert Hiromaru Matano was a Waianae Japanese American and the son of Konin and Tamako Matano. His individual...
B
Bernard Hirotake Matano
Released
Bernard Hirotake Matano was a Nisei Japanese American child of Konin and Tamako Matano. JCCH records the birth...
C
Caroline Atsuko Matano
Released
Caroline Atsuko Matano was a Nisei Japanese American child of Konin and Tamako Matano. JCCH records the birth...
C
Cherry Reiko Matano
Released
Cherry Reiko Matano was a Nisei Japanese American from Waianae, Oahu, and a daughter of Konin and Tamako Matan...
F
Florence Hiroko Matano
Released
Florence Hiroko Matano was a Nisei Japanese American from Waianae, Oahu, and a daughter of Konin and Tamako Ma...
T
Tamako Matano
Released
Tamako Matano was a teacher at Waianae Hongwanji Japanese Language School and the wife of detained Buddhist pr...
G
George Takao Matsuda
Released
George Takao Matsuda was a Nisei Japanese American from Wailuku, Maui, and a child of Ryugen and Yoshiko Matsu...
J
Janet Ruriko Matsuda
Released
Janet Ruriko Matsuda was a Nisei Japanese American from Wailuku, Maui, and a child of Ryugen and Yoshiko Matsu...
R
Ryugen Matsuda
Released
Ryugen Matsuda was a Buddhist priest and Japanese language school principal at Wailuku Hongwanji Mission on Ma...
Y
Yoshiko Matsuda
Released
Yoshiko Matsuda was a teacher at Wailuku Hongwanji Gakuen, a poet, and the wife of Ryugen Matsuda. JCCH record...
F
Florence Nobuko Matsui
Released
Florence Nobuko Matsui was a Honolulu Japanese American and the daughter of Totaro and Tatsuko Sato Matsui. He...
R
Richard Yoshikazu Matsui
Released
Richard Yoshikazu Matsui was a Honolulu Japanese American and the nephew of Totaro and Tatsuko Sato Matsui. Hi...
T
Tatsuko Sato Matsui
Released
Tatsuko Sato Matsui was a Honolulu Japanese American and the wife of detained bank manager Totaro Matsui. Her...
T
Tomoji Matsumura
Released
Tomoji Matsumura was an Issei Hilo businessman, president of Hilo Fertilizer Company and leader of Japanese co...
A
Albert Mehl
Albert Mehl was an individually named civilian internee in Hawaii. An October 21, 1943 military message report...
K
Katsuichi Miho
Released
Katsuichi Miho was an Issei owner of the Miho Hotel in Kahului, Maui. JCCH documents his December 1941 arrest,...
S
Sadashichi Miura
Released
Sadashichi Miura was an Issei storekeeper from Puna, Hawaii. JCCH records his birth year as approximately 1895...
F
Fusako Miyagi
Released
Fusako Miyagi was a Honolulu teacher at Waialae Japanese Language School. After her husband Genyei was detaine...
G
Genyei Miyagi
Released
Genyei Miyagi, also recorded as Genei Miyagi, was principal of Waialae Japanese Language School in Honolulu an...
K
Kikuno Miyagi
Released
Kikuno Miyagi, daughter of Genyei and Fusako Miyagi, entered wartime family confinement with her mother to reu...
Y
Yasuyuki Mizutari
Released
Yasuyuki Mizutari, also recorded as Angyo Mizutari, was an Issei Kaumana resident and principal of Kaumana Jap...
H
Helen Shizuko Nakagawa
Released
Helen Shizuko Nakagawa was a Honolulu resident and US-born Japanese American. JCCH documents November 1943 arr...
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