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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 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
Recent dashboard entries from Indiana
The newest published events and reporting located in Indiana, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Judge quashes subpoena seeking reporter Mike Emery’s testimony about an Indiana warehouse fire
Arrest
Sheriff’s deputy handcuffs protester during emotional IMPD hearing
Protest
Over 100 rally outside the Indianapolis ICE office against increased immigration enforcement
Protest
More than 50 join an Indianapolis hotel noise protest; organizers believed ICE agents were staying there
Protest
Hundreds rally at Holland Park in support of immigrants and against a nearby mass-deportation event
Other
Salah Sarsour released from ICE detention following federal court ruling
Arrest
Hobart data center meeting draws large crowd, one arrest
Arrest
Man removed and arrested at Indiana data center meeting
Documented cases
150 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Charles Hoke
Released
Charles Hoke is described by the Anarchist Black Cross as a rural anarchist imprisoned in Indiana for a series...
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Melvin E. Hooley
Released
Melvin E. Hooley was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Forrest Hostetler
Released
Forrest Hostetler was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martiale...
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Ivan Hostetler
Released
Ivan Hostetler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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?? Huckleberry
Released
?? Huckleberry was a conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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Aaron Isby
Aaron Isby is individually named in the May–June 1997 Crossroad account of prison resistance at Indiana’s Maxi...
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Melvin Johnson
Released
Melvin Johnson was an Indianapolis Black Power defendant jailed in 1968 over an alleged weapons and police-chi...
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Herbert Kaufman (Terre Haute organizer)
Herbert Kaufman, a Communist organizer, was abducted with Sol Larks to the outskirts of Terre Haute by the Bla...
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Harmon Kelly
Harmon Kelly, an official of United Mine Workers District 11, was reported convicted in the Somerville bombing...
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Hannibal Kenyatta
Hannibal Kenyatta is individually named in the May–June 1997 Crossroad account of prison resistance at Indiana...
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Vernis Kitterman
Released
Vernis Kitterman was a Quaker conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Madge Kolin
Madge Kolin was a young worker arrested when police broke up a meeting at the Young Communist League headquart...
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Paul Komyatti
Paul Komyatti is individually named in the May–June 1997 Crossroad account of prison resistance at Indiana’s M...
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Russell A. Lantz
Released
Russell A. Lantz was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Lawson (Wabash anti-war speaker, 1933)
A Chicago anti-war speaker identified only as Comrade Lawson was abducted from a Lenin Memorial and anti-war m...
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Helen Layton
Released
Helen Layton, identified as an International Labor Defense organizer, was among five people arrested at a Comm...
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Robert Lehrer
Released
Robert Lehrer appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee at its Gary, Indiana hearing on Febru...
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Elmer Leichty
Released
Elmer Leichty was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Lewis (Indianapolis Hayes Body speaker, 1931)
The May 22, 1931 Daily Worker reports Comrades Lewis and Ross arrested outside Indianapolis’s Hayes Body Corpo...
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John P. Liechty
Released
John P. Liechty was a conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for r...
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Milo Long
Released
Milo Long was a United Farmers' League member charged with "obstructing the course of justice" in the January...
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John Luginbill
Released
John Luginbill was a Vietnam-era draft resister and attender of Community Meeting in Cincinnati. He was jailed...
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Paul Joseph Mack
Released
The youngest Beaver 55 defendant, age 18 at the time of the Indianapolis draft-board raid. Convicted on all fo...
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Ulysses Mack
Ulysses Mack was a Black worker whom the August 12, 1931 Daily Worker described as sentenced to death in Gary,...
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