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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.
Paul Duncan McConnell
Released
Paul Duncan McConnell was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Helen Jean O'Neal McCray
Released
Helen Jean O'Neal McCray was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 19, 1961 — one of the arrests recorded...
Charles McDew
Released
Charles McDew was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was first jailed in 1960 leadi...
Joseph John Michael McDonald
Released
Joseph John Michael McDonald was twenty years old and from Oceanside, New York and rode from Montgomery and wa...
James Thomas McDonough
Released
James Thomas McDonough was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 6, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Willie McGee
Released
Willie McGee was a Black laborer from Laurel, Mississippi accused November 1945 of raping Willette Hawkins, a...
Lester Gene McKinnie
Released
Lester Gene McKinnie was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Landy McNair Jr.
Released
Landy McNair Jr. was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 6, 1961, for participating in a nonviolent sit-...
Carole Merritt
Released
Carole Merritt was a SNCC field worker in Canton.
Robert Allen Miller
Released
Robert Allen Miller was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 2, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Rudolph Mitaritonna
Released
Rudolph Mitaritonna was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 16, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
William Benjamin Mitchell
Released
William Benjamin Mitchell was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Free...
John H. Moody
Released
John H. Moody was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 24, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Rides an...
David Kerr Morton
Released
David Kerr Morton was a twenty-one-year-old folk singer and writer arrested in Jackson, Mississippi on June 11...
Bob Moses
Released
Robert Parris Moses was the principal SNCC organizer of voter registration in Mississippi from 1961 onward and...
Ruth Esther Moskowitz
Released
Ruth Esther Moskowitz was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 21, 1961, for participating in the Freedom...
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
Released
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 8, 1961, for participating in the Free...
Fredrick Muntean
Released
Fredrick Muntean was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 20, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ride...
Grant Harland Muse Jr.
Released
Grant Harland Muse Jr., a thirty-five-year-old Episcopal priest at Good Shepherd Church in Berkeley, rode the...
Charles David Myers
Released
Charles David Myers was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 28, 1961, for participating in the Freedom Ri...
Samuel Timothy Nash
Released
Samuel Timothy Nash was a twenty-four-year-old part-time United States Postal Service employee and traveled fr...
Frank Arthur Nelson
Released
Frank Arthur Nelson was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 25, 1961, for participating in the Freedom R...
Claire O'Connor
Released
Claire O'Connor was a twenty-two-year-old nurse and University of Minnesota student arrested in Jackson, Missi...
Imari Obadele
Released
Imari Obadele was born Richard Bullock Henry in Philadelphia. With his brother Milton (Gaidi Obadele) co-found...
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