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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.
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Jason L. Blalock
Released
Jason L. Blalock was a conscientious objector from Mississippi imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Alma Bosley
Released
Alma Bosley was a CORE worker in Canton.
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Ed Brown
Released
Ed Brown was one of three Black Mississippi sharecroppers tortured into confessing to the murder of Raymond St...
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O. G. Brown
Released
O. G. Brown was a Black youth in Mississippi sentenced to death in 1934 for the alleged theft of $1.85, one of...
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George A. Burrows
Released
George A. Burrows was a Black cook in Harrison County, Mississippi who, after a dispute over wages, was framed...
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Lewell A. Cecil
Released
Lewell A. Cecil was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in the Freedom Ride sequence of June 10, 1961 — one of t...
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C. O. Chinn
Released
C. O. Chinn supported voter registration and the Canton boycott. He was jailed during the January 1964 crackdo...
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Chuma
Released
Chuma was identified by the Republic of New Afrika as one of the RNA-11 arrested during the August 18, 1971 FB...
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James Collier
Released
James Collier organized voter registration with SNCC in Canton.
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Chase A. Davis
Released
Chase A. Davis was prosecuted for Facebook threats against the American Family Association. He received six mo...
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Ethel Davis
Ethel Davis was one of two Black sharecroppers allegedly held as slaves by Tallahatchie landlord Joe Decker. R...
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Yank Ellington
Yank Ellington was one of three Black defendants sentenced to death in Mississippi on murder charges supported...
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Milton Esco
Released
Milton Esco participated in the Canton voter-registration campaign.
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Rosemary Freeman
Rosemary Freeman was a Mississippi civil-rights fieldworker jailed in Winona in June 1963 after returning from...
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James Edward Garrett
Released
James Edward Garrett was a 25-year-old Black man arrested by Marshall County, Mississippi deputies on a 1975 a...
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D. C. Gates
D. C. Gates was secretary of the Dairy Farmers' Protective League and an individually named jailed picket in a...
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Claude O. Grant
Released
Claude O. Grant was a conscientious objector from Mississippi imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed f...
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Lavone Hampton
Released
Lavone Hampton was a SNCC worker jailed in Holmes County, Mississippi in May 1963 following the firebombing of...
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Pete Hewitt
Released
Pete Hewitt participated in the Canton voter-registration campaign.
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Theodis Hewitt
Released
Theodis Hewitt worked on the Canton voter-registration campaign.
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David Holden (SCEF filmmaker)
David Holden was a filmmaker associated with the Southern Conference Educational Fund and its Grass Roots Orga...
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Edward S. Hollander
Released
Edward S. Hollander organized civil-rights work in Canton.
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Smith Houey
Smith Houey was a Black farm laborer in official custody before a lynching at Michigan City, Mississippi on Au...
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Isaac Howard
Page 2 names Isaac Howard among three Black Memphis defendants condemned at Hernando. The February 13 dispatch...
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