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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.
Marshall Bennett
Released
Marshall Bennett was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-...
Leora Berman
Released
Leora Berman was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 10, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides an...
James Bevel
Released
Reverend James Luther Bevel was a Mississippi-born civil rights organizer trained by James Lawson in the Nashv...
Charles Biggers
Released
Charles Biggers, a twenty-three-year-old University of Colorado student, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi,...
Unita Blackwell
Released
Unita Blackwell was a Mississippi voting-rights organizer and MFDP delegate who later became mayor of Mayersvi...
George Marion Blevins
Released
George Marion Blevins, a Chouinard Art Institute student and New Orleans CORE worker, was arrested in Jackson,...
Myron Barnett Bloy Jr.
Released
Myron Barnett Bloy Jr. was one of the fifteen Episcopal clergymen arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on Septemb...
Leo Vone Blue
Released
Leo Vone Blue was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in...
Mildred Juanita Blue
Released
Mildred Juanita Blue was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent...
Charles Henry Booth
Released
Charles Henry Booth was eighteen at his arrest, born about 1943 and was arrested on July 15, 1961 after a New...
Gloria Leavern Dee Bouknight
Released
Gloria Leavern Dee Bouknight was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the...
James Cleo Bradford
Released
James Cleo Bradford was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 27, 1961, for the Tougaloo Nine read-in at...
Tommie Eldridge Brashear
Released
Tommie Eldridge Brashear was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freed...
James Pleasant Breeden
Released
James Pleasant Breeden was one of the fifteen Episcopal clergymen arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on Septemb...
Paul Breines
Released
Paul Breines was a University of Wisconsin student and Student Council on Civil Rights member, born about 1941...
Charles Darrick Brice
Released
Charles Darrick Brice was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 4, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent...
Travis O. Britt
Released
Travis O. Britt was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Edward Bromberg
Released
Edward Bromberg was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Arthur Brooks Jr.
Released
Arthur Brooks Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Amos Cleophilus Brown
Released
Amos Cleophilus Brown, later a prominent San Francisco pastor, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 1...
Elmer L. Brown
Released
Elmer L. Brown was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Luvaghn Brown
Released
Luvaghn Brown, sixteen years old at the time of the arrest, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 11,...
Patricia Elaine Bryant
Released
Patricia Elaine Bryant was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 9, 1961, for participating in a Freedom R...
Daniel E. Burkholder
Released
Daniel E. Burkholder was a CORE lecturer and businessman, born about 1932 and rode from Montgomery 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