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Indiana

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 Indiana.

150Documented
5In custody
113Released

Eras of repression in Indiana

Where Indiana’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1910s 51 1930s 35 1960s 16 1800s 9 2000s 7 1990s 7

Documented cases

150 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

George W. Snell
Released
George W. Snell was a farmer from Tyler, Texas. George W. Snell served a prison sentence in Atlanta Penitentia...
Jeffrey Stevens
Released
Jeffrey Stevens, 41, of Fort Wayne IN, freelance journalist for The Arab American News, communicated threats o...
Jason Sutherlin
Released
Anti-Racist Action organizer and one of the "Tinley Park Five" — five antifascists who, on May 19, 2012, enter...
Seymour Waldman
Released
Seymour Waldman was a journalist and author who investigated the arms industry. He worked in the Daily Worker'...
Lawrence Williamson
Released
Lawrence Williamson was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martia...
Antonio Wooden
Released
Antonio Wooden, 23, was charged in Indianapolis with unlawful possession of a firearm by a fugitive from justi...
Edward Yellin
Released
Edward Yellin was a former Gary, Indiana steelworker and University of Illinois graduate fellow convicted of c...
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Carl Rising-Moore
Carl Rising-Moore was arrested in Indianapolis on May 15, 2003 while waving a United Nations flag as President...
A
Arthur Burghardt Banks
Released
Arthur Burghardt Banks was a Black actor and playwright imprisoned after refusing military induction on consci...
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Mrs. Blansett (Anderson meeting, 1934)
Released
Mrs. Blansett, named alongside congressional candidate Miles Blansett, was among five people arrested at a Com...
M
Miles Blansett
Miles Blansett, a candidate for Congress, was one of two speakers arrested when Anderson, Indiana police attac...
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Lloyd C. Blickenstaff
Released
Lloyd C. Blickenstaff was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World...
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Henry D. Blough
Released
Henry D. Blough was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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Emanuel Blum
Released
Emanuel Blum was the Communist Party district organizer in Indiana. A federal grand jury indicted him under th...
C
Charles W. Bolly
Released
Charles W. Bolly was from Mungo, Indiana. Charles W. Bolly was aDunkardand objected to military service on rel...
A
Amos T. Bontrager
Released
Amos T. Bontrager was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
J
Jesse L. Brenneman
Released
Jesse L. Brenneman was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I....
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Paul Bucha
Paul Bucha was a young worker arrested when police broke up a meeting at the Young Communist League headquarte...
P
Paul Butash
Released
Paul Butash sold subscriptions to the Literary Digest. On May 19, 1936, while canvassing a grocery store in An...
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Sam Chappa
Sam Chappa was a Young Communist League member arrested with Gary organizer Ethel Stevens while distributing m...
A
Allen B. Christophel
Released
Allen B. Christophel was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-...
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Robert Crabtree
Robert Crabtree was the spokesman of an unemployed delegation protesting the eviction of Kate Shelton, a widow...
H
Hobart Crandall
Released
Hobart Crandall was a conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for r...
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Inez B. Crandall
Inez B. Crandall was the widow of Louisville and Nashville Railroad fireman Joseph T. Crandall, killed in a lo...

Institutions in Indiana

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Indiana that appear in the census’s case files.

Communications Management UnitAlbany, Indiana
6 cases
United States Penitentiary, Terre HauteTerre Haute, Indiana
4 cases
USP Terre HauteTerre Haute, Indiana
3 cases
Terre Haute JailTerre Haute, Indiana
3 cases
FCI Terre HauteTerre Haute, Indiana
2 cases
Indiana State PrisonMichigan City, Indiana
2 cases
Pendleton Correctional FacilityPendleton, Indiana
1 case
Miami Correctional FacilityBunker Hill, Indiana
1 case