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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.
Pauline Edythe Knight-Ofosu
Released
Pauline Edythe Knight-Ofosu, a twenty-year-old Tennessee State University student from Nashville, was arrested...
Karen Elizabeth Kytle
Released
Karen Elizabeth Kytle, an eighteen-year-old student from Oklahoma, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on Ju...
Candida Lall
Released
Candida Lall was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 23, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides an...
Mary Lane
Released
Mary Lane was a voter-registration organizer who organized voter registration in Greenwood and served as a SNC...
Albert Earl Lassiter
Released
Albert Earl Lassiter was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 27, 1961, for the Tougaloo Nine read-in at...
Eugene Lee
Released
Eugene Lee was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 4, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-in at...
Frederick Leonard
Released
Frederick Leonard was a Tennessee State University student and Nashville movement activist. He survived the wh...
Margaret Burr Leonard
Released
Margaret Burr Leonard was a Sophie Newcomb College student in New Orleans and participated in a Freedom Ride f...
William Leons
Released
William Leons was a UCLA graduate student, born about 1935 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and was arrested on J...
Allan Levine
Released
Allan Levine was a Montreal-born rabbi living in Bradford, Pennsylvania, who had participated in an Interfaith...
Eugene Levine
Released
Eugene Levine was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 19, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides a...
Norma Libson
Released
Norma Libson, born in 1934, was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the F...
Claude Albert Liggins
Released
Claude Albert Liggins was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Morton G. Linder
Released
Morton G. Linder was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 23, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
John Lowry
Released
John Lowry was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides and c...
Orville B. Luster
Released
Orville B. Luster was an American Friends Service Committee activist who later served nearly twenty-five years...
Delores Williams Lynch
Released
Delores Williams Lynch was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in a nonviolen...
William Mahoney
Released
William Mahoney was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides...
Saul Bernard Manfield
Released
Saul Bernard Manfield was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 9, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Herbert S. Mann
Released
Herbert S. Mann was a Los Angeles postal worker, born about 1925 in Steinbach am Donnersberg, Germany and was...
Eddora Mae Manning
Released
Eddora Mae Manning was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Robert Martinson
Released
Robert Martinson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Robert William Mason
Released
Robert William Mason was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Norma Miriam Matzkin
Released
Norma Miriam Matzkin was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 8, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
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