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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.
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Shinzaburo Sumida
Released
Shinzaburo Sumida was a Honolulu Nisei businessman and vice president of T. Sumida & Co.; Daizo Sumida was his...
Y
Yasue Takahashi
Released
Yasue Takahashi was a Maui-born Japanese American storyteller who studied naniwabushi in Japan and returned to...
W
Wataru Takeshita
Released
Wataru Takeshita was an Issei Honolulu resident and teacher at Toyo Gakuen Japanese Language School. JCCH reco...
B
Barbara Yoko Tanaka
Released
Barbara Yoko Tanaka was a child from Waialua, Oahu, and daughter of Tetsuo and Chiyoko Tanaka. JCCH records he...
C
Chiyoko Tanaka
Released
Chiyoko Tanaka, also recorded as Chiyoko Kato, was an Issei teacher at Kawailoa Japanese Language School in Wa...
L
Lucille Masako Tanaka
Released
Lucille Masako Tanaka was a Nisei child from Waialua, Oahu, and daughter of Tetsuo and Chiyoko Tanaka. JCCH re...
R
Richard Hideo Tanaka
Released
Richard Hideo Tanaka was a Nisei child from Waialua, Oahu, and the son of Kazuaki and Shizuko Tanaka. JCCH giv...
S
Shizuko Tanaka
Released
Shizuko Tanaka was an Issei salesclerk from Waialua, Oahu, and the wife of Kazuaki Tanaka. JCCH gives her birt...
T
Tetsuhiko Tanaka
Released
Tetsuhiko Tanaka was born in October 1945 at Tule Lake Segregation Center into the family of Tetsuo and Chiyok...
Y
Yaroku Tanaka
Released
Yaroku Tanaka was an Issei resident of Hilo and general manager of Volcano Times Newspaper. JCCH records his b...
R
Rose Mitsuko Tsukayama
Released
Rose Mitsuko Tsukayama was a Honolulu Japanese American and the sister of Ruby Chiyo Harrison. JCCH records th...
T
Tomohide Tsukayama
Released
Tomohide Tsukayama was a Honolulu bartender and US-born Japanese American. JCCH documents June 1942 arrest and...
L
Lester Masao Uyeda
Lester Masao Uyeda was a Hawaii draft defendant convicted of refusing induction. R. Jeffrey Blair, who attende...
G
G. Herbert Walther
G. Herbert Walther was a German-born naturalized US citizen and Honolulu concrete-company accountant. His Marc...
L
Louis E. Welch
Louis E. Welch was convicted of assault and battery in connection with the Inter-Island maritime strike in Hon...
T
Takeo Yamamoto
Released
Takeo Yamamoto was the head instructor of the upper school at Hawaii Chuo Gakuin Japanese Language School in H...
T
Tsuneichi Yamamoto
Released
Tsuneichi Yamamoto, also recorded as Tsuneichi Kasahara, was an Issei Honolulu resident and general manager of...
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Ushitaro Yonezaki
Released
Ushitaro Yonezaki, also recorded as Ushitaro Yonesaki, was an Issei Honolulu innkeeper. JCCH records his birth...
N
Nobuyuki Yoshimoto
Released
Nobuyuki Yoshimoto was an Issei longshoreman living in Eleele, Kauai, and a prewar ILWU local member. JCCH rec...
Y
Yoshio Yoshioka
Released
Yoshio Yoshioka was an Issei Honolulu resident and bookkeeper. JCCH records his birth year as 1905. His indivi...
H
Hans Zimmerman
Dr. Hans Zimmerman was a German-born US citizen interned after the December 8, 1941 wartime roundup in Hawaii....
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