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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.
Margaret Lois Ihra
Released
Margaret Lois Ihra was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 23, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Louise Jean Inghram
Released
Louise Jean Inghram was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Janice LaJune Jackson
Released
Janice LaJune Jackson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 27, 1961, for the Tougaloo Nine read-in a...
Joseph Jackson Jr.
Released
Joseph Jackson Jr. was one of the Tougaloo Nine, the nine Tougaloo College students who walked into the whites...
Reginald Jackson
Released
Reginald Jackson was born about 1940 in Houston, Texas, and was working as a costume designer in Los Angeles a...
Theresa Ann Jackson
Theresa Ann Jackson was one of two New Orleans women detained in Mississippi while conducting an educational s...
Gwendolyn C. Jenkins
Released
Gwendolyn C. Jenkins was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 7, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Robert Lee Jenkins
Released
Robert Lee Jenkins was a twenty-seven-year-old student at St. Louis University — his age and student status ar...
Edward B. Johnson
Released
Edward B. Johnson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Frank Johnson
Released
Frank Johnson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
June Johnson
Released
June Johnson was a 15-year-old Greenwood, Mississippi SNCC volunteer when she was arrested on June 9, 1963 at...
Percy Lee Johnson
Released
Percy Lee Johnson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit...
James Wilson Jones
Released
James Wilson Jones was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent si...
James G. Jones
Released
James G. Jones, identified in the County Court docket as James Garrard Jones, was one of the Episcopal clergym...
Mary L. Jorgensen
Released
Mary L. Jorgensen was an American Friends Service Committee activist, born about 1916, and with her husband Ru...
Russell F. Jorgensen
Released
Russell F. Jorgensen, an American Friends Service Committee activist and the husband of fellow rider Mary L. J...
Robert Earl May, Jr.
Released
A 14-year-old Black youth sentenced to 48 years (four consecutive 12-year terms) at Parchman Prison in Mississ...
Edward William Kale
Released
Edward William Kale was a Yale Divinity School student arrested with five other Freedom Riders in Jackson, Mis...
Alan Kaufman
Released
Alan Kaufman was born about 1940 and was arrested in Jackson on July 30, 1961 after traveling from New Orleans...
Barbara Jane Kay
Released
Barbara Jane Kay, a former teacher from Englewood, New Jersey, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 2...
Marian Alice Kendall
Released
Marian Alice Kendall was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Margaret Ann Kerr
Released
Margaret Ann Kerr was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rid...
Clennon Washington King Jr.
Released
Clennon Washington King Jr. was a Black college professor who in June 1958 tried to register for graduate stud...
Jimmy Dale Knight
Released
Jimmy Dale Knight was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 22, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent si...
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