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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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Victor Malis
Released
Victor Malis appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee at its Gary, Indiana hearings in Febru...
C
Charles Martin
Released
Charles Martin was a defendant arrested during the 1936 strike at M. Fine and Son shirt manufacturers in New A...
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Jacob D. Mazelin
Released
Jacob D. Mazelin was a Amish conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martiale...
C
Connie Grubbs McNamara
Released
One of the eight Beaver 55 defendants prosecuted for the Oct 31, 1969 destruction of draft files at the Indian...
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Marty McNamara
Released
One of the eight Beaver 55 defendants in the Indianapolis draft-file destruction case (United States v. Donner...
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Ray Metzler
Released
Ray Metzler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Ren Metzler
Released
Ren Metzler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Owen J. Miller
Released
Owen J. Miller was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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Payson Miller
Released
Payson Miller was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Ray M. Miller
Released
Ray M. Miller was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Eldridge Morrison Jr. (Omar Shabazz)
Released
Eldridge Morrison Jr was an Indianapolis Black Power defendant jailed in 1968 over an alleged weapons and poli...
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Tim Morton
The New Leader identifies Tim Morton as an earlier defendant in the same Somerville miners’ bombing prosecutio...
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James Allen Murch
Released
James Allen Murch was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I....
J
Jesse Ellis Myers
Released
Jesse E. Myers was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martialed a...
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Abraham Neuenschwander
Released
Abraham Neuenschwander was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Cour...
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Omer Neuenschwander
Released
Omer Neuenschwander was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martia...
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Katsuki James Otsuka
Released
Katsuki James Otsuka was a Japanese American Nisei from Richmond, Indiana who had been forcibly interned at th...
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John Pamer
Released
John Pamer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Australia Poole
Released
Australia Poole was a Black Army private from Indianapolis whose right arm was left partially paralyzed by a w...
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Philip H. Pound
Released
Philip H. Pound was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. C...
A
Allen Puckett
Released
Allen Puckett was the Communist Party’s candidate for Indiana state auditor in 1934. The Daily Worker of Novem...
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John Ramer
Released
John Ramer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Menno Richer
Released
Menno Richer was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martialed and...
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Ross (Indianapolis Hayes Body speaker, 1931)
The May 22, 1931 Daily Worker reports Comrades Lewis and Ross arrested outside Indianapolis’s Hayes Body Corpo...
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