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Mississippi
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 Mississippi.
413Documented
1In custody
388Released
Eras of repression in Mississippi
Where Mississippi’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1960s 369
1930s 18
1970s 10
1950s 4
1910s 4
2010s 2
Recent dashboard entries from Mississippi
The newest published events and reporting located in Mississippi, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Thousands rally at the Old Capitol against redistricting and for voting rights
Protest
Marshall County residents rally against a proposed ICE detention facility
Protest
About 1,500 surround the Mississippi Capitol for a No Kings protest
Protest
No Kings rally at the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando
Protest
A coalition rallies against Elon Musk's xAI gas turbines near Memphis
Other
Mississippi newspaper ordered to remove op-ed critical of city officials
Documented cases
413 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Stefan Day Rowold
In Custody
Stefan Day Rowold was arrested on July 8, 2024 after twice breaking into, vandalizing, and setting fires insid...
Daniela Vargas
Released
Daniela Vargas is a Mississippi immigrant-rights advocate who previously received DACA protection. ICE detaine...
Peter Ackerberg
Released
Peter Ackerberg was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Elizabeth S. Adler
Released
Elizabeth S. Adler was a University of Wisconsin student and was arrested in Jackson on June 16, 1961 after a...
Zev Aelony
Released
Zev Aelony was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 11, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and...
Alexander Mattahan Anderson
Released
Alexander Mattahan Anderson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Fr...
Meredith Coleman Anding Jr.
Released
Meredith Coleman Anding Jr. was one of the students arrested in the March 1961 Jackson library sit-in and was...
Harold Andrews
Released
Harold Andrews was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Thomas Madison Armstrong III
Released
Thomas Madison Armstrong III was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 23, 1961, for participating in the...
Johnny Frank Ashford
Released
Johnny Frank Ashford was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 6, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Michael J. Audain
Released
Michael J. Audain was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
James Eddie Austin
Released
James Eddie Austin was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 13, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent s...
Gilbert S. Avery III
Released
Gilbert S. Avery III was one of the fifteen Episcopal clergymen arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on September...
Byron Mark Baer
Released
Byron Mark Baer, later a New Jersey state senator, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 29, 1961, for...
William Baker
Released
William Baker was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 13, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in...
Carroll Gary Barber
Released
Carroll Gary Barber is documented by the Civil Rights Digital Library, which expands his middle name as Gary a...
Albert Barough
Released
Albert Barough was a UCLA student, born about 1940 in New York City and rode an Illinois Central train from Ne...
Patricia Dale Baskerville
Released
Patricia Dale Baskerville was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Free...
Robert Earl Bass
Released
Robert Earl Bass was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 4, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-...
Abraham Bassford
Released
Abraham Bassford was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 6, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Robert Miller Baum
Released
Robert Miller Baum was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 11, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Margaret Winonah Beamer
Released
Margaret Winonah Beamer was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 9, 1961, for participating in a Freedom...
Larry Bell
Released
Larry Bell, born in Monroe, Georgia, and working as a plasterer in Los Angeles, was arrested in Jackson, Missi...
Mary Lou Bell
Released
Mary Lou Bell was one of the demonstrators in the Jackson, Mississippi park desegregation protests and was arr...
Institutions in Mississippi
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Mississippi that appear in the census’s case files.
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman)
11 cases
Mississippi state and federal courtsJackson, Mississippi
10 cases
Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm)Sunflower County, Mississippi
5 cases
Montgomery County Jail (Winona, MS)Winona, Mississippi
4 cases
Hinds County Jail / Laurel CourthouseLaurel, Mississippi
1 case
Pike County Jail / Magnolia (McComb, MS)Magnolia, Mississippi
1 case
Hinds County Jail (Jackson, MS)Jackson, Mississippi
1 case
Mississippi State Penitentiary at ParchmanParchman, Mississippi
1 case