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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.
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Florence Yoshiko Nakamura
Released
Florence Yoshiko Nakamura was a child from Honolulu and the daughter of Tomoaki and Mitsue Nakamura. JCCH reco...
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Kokichi Nakamura
Released
Kokichi Nakamura was an Issei mail carrier from Wailuku, Maui. JCCH records his birth year as 1887. His indivi...
M
Mitsue Nakamura
Released
Mitsue Nakamura was a Honolulu resident and the wife of Tomoaki Nakamura. JCCH records the birth year as 1902....
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Richard Tsunehide Nakamura
Released
Richard Tsunehide Nakamura was a child from Honolulu and the son of Tomoaki and Mitsue Nakamura. JCCH records...
T
Tamio Nakamura
Released
Tamio Nakamura was an Issei resident of Haiku, Maui, and an appliance-store salesman. JCCH records his birth y...
T
Tomoaki Nakamura
Released
Tomoaki Nakamura was an Issei resident of Honolulu and a salesman at Hakubundo Book Store. JCCH records his bi...
T
Tomoyoshi Nakamura
Released
Tomoyoshi Nakamura was a child from Honolulu and the son of Tomoaki and Mitsue Nakamura. JCCH records the birt...
H
Hatsuko Joyce Nakano
Released
Hatsuko Joyce Nakano was a Nisei resident of Makaweli, Kauai, a sugar-plantation boarding-house cook and a dau...
S
Sayoko Shirley Nakano
Released
Sayoko Shirley Nakano was a child from Makaweli, Kauai, in the household of Sukenoshin and Tsuchito Nakano. JC...
S
Shoso Herbert Nakano
Released
Shoso Herbert Nakano was a child from Makaweli, Kauai, in the household of Sukenoshin and Tsuchito Nakano. JCC...
T
Tomiko Roberta Nakano
Released
Tomiko Roberta Nakano was a Nisei resident of Makaweli, Kauai, and a daughter of Sukenoshin and Tsuchito Nakan...
T
Tsuchito Nakano
Released
Tsuchito Nakano was an Issei resident of Makaweli, Kauai, and the wife of Sukenoshin Nakano. JCCH records her...
C
Chikashi Nakayama
Released
Chikashi Nakayama was an Issei teacher at Hawaii Chuo Gakuin Japanese Language School in Honolulu. JCCH record...
K
Kinori Nishino
Released
Kinori Nishino was an Issei laundry-shop owner from Lahaina, Maui. JCCH records his birth year as 1905. His in...
W
Wahei Oka
Released
Wahei Oka was a Honolulu barbershop owner and a priest of Chowado, a Shingon Buddhist sect. JCCH records his b...
Y
Yekai Okamoto
Released
Yekai Okamoto, also known as Nanshin Okamoto, was an Okinawan Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest who established a Jap...
T
Tokuji Onodera
Released
Tokuji Onodera was an Issei Honolulu resident, Hawaii Hochi newspaper reporter and prewar executive officer of...
Y
Yoshihiko Ozu
Yoshihiko Ozu was individually identified as an internee held at Sand Island, Hawaii in a September 4, 1942 Pr...
C
Charles W. Post
Released
Charles W. Post was the Honolulu agent of the Marine Firemen. The October 31, 1935 Voice of the Federation rep...
T
Toshio Sakaguchi
Released
Toshio Sakaguchi was an Issei Hilo resident and editor of Hawaii Mainichi newspaper. JCCH records his birth ye...
S
Schwartz (Hawaii soldier, 1925)
Schwartz (Hawaii soldier, 1925) was one of the soldiers individually named as arrested February 19, 1925, in t...
E
Edwin Reinhold Horst Seifert
Edwin Reinhold Horst Seifert was an individually named civilian internee in Hawaii. An October 21, 1943 milita...
M
Masaichi Sesoko
Released
Masaichi Sesoko was a Honolulu teacher at Waialae Japanese Language School incarcerated during World War II. J...
A
Alfred B. M. Smith
Alfred B. M. Smith, formerly Schmidt, was a naturalized US citizen and owner of the Hawaiian Roofing and Paint...
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