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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.
Charles Butler
Released
Charles Butler was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 2, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Bert S. Cage
Released
Bert S. Cage was a conscientious objector from Mississippi imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
Frances Lee Wilson Canty
Released
Frances Lee Wilson Canty was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freed...
James T. Carey
Released
James T. Carey was born about 1925 in Chicago, lived in Berkeley, and was president of the Catholic Interracia...
Joseph Carter
Released
Joseph Carter was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides an...
Rita Carter
Released
Rita Carter was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and...
Eddie Carthan
Released
Eddie James Carthan was elected in 1977 as the first Black mayor of Tchula, Mississippi since Reconstruction —...
Allen Cason Jr.
Released
Allen Cason Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Doris Jean Castle
Released
Doris Jean Castle was a New Orleans CORE activist who joined the Freedom Ride from Montgomery to Jackson in Ma...
Frank Caston
Released
Frank Caston was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and...
Price Chatham
Released
Price Chatham was a Freedom Rider reportedly born on June 5, 1931 in New Gulf, Texas — the Freedom Rides Museu...
Fred Douglas Clark
Released
Fred Douglas Clark was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent si...
Lucretia Collins
Released
Lucretia Collins was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Alfred Lee Cook
Released
Alfred Lee Cook was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 27, 1961, during the Tougaloo Nine's sit-in at...
Ray Allen Cooper
Released
Ray Allen Cooper was a nineteen-year-old artist living in Spokane, Washington and was arrested on July 15, 196...
John Lee Copeland
Released
John Lee Copeland was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Douglas MacArthur Cotton
Released
Douglas MacArthur Cotton was a Mississippi Freedom Rider and SNCC voter-registration organizer. His imprisonme...
Charles Earl Cox
Released
Charles Earl Cox was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 13, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit...
John Crocker Jr.
Released
John Crocker Jr. was one of the fifteen Episcopal clergymen arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 13,...
Edmond Dalbert Jr.
Released
Edmond Dalbert Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
James Keet Davis Jr.
Released
James Keet Davis Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 30, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Jefferson Davis
Released
Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America. Captured in Georgia on May 10, 1865, h...
Jessie James Davis
Released
Jessie James Davis was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent si...
David J. Dennis Sr.
Released
David J. Dennis Sr., a CORE leader, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating i...
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