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Nebraska
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 Nebraska.
64Documented
0In custody
57Released
Eras of repression in Nebraska
Where Nebraska’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 38
1950s 7
1970s 6
1930s 5
2020s 4
2000s 1
Documented cases
64 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Joseph J. Ratti
Released
Joseph J. Ratti was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eig...
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Tom Ross
Released
Tom Ross was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen m...
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Joe Ruby
Released
Joe Ruby was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen m...
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Nate Saunsoci
Native American who, per The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.5 (1976), had spent seven years in juvenile and adult in...
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Bert Sells
Released
Bert Sells was arrested with Mother Bloor at the 1934 Loup City, Nebraska strike and sentenced to thirty days...
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C. L. Smith
Released
C. L. Smith was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eightee...
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Edward Springer
Released
Edward Springer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Nebraska imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Stanley Dale Sydow
Released
Stanley Dale Sydow was a Korean War objector prosecuted in Omaha in 1952 for refusing induction into the Army,...
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Jim Ward
Released
Jim Ward was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of RVW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen m...
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Robert Weir
Released
Robert Weir was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eightee...
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Carl Wickland
Released
Carl Wickland was arrested with Mother Bloor at the 1934 Loup City, Nebraska strike and sentenced to thirty da...
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William Wiertola
Released
William Wiertola was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over ei...
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George Winski
Released
George Winski was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eight...
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Walter Wolski
Released
Walter Wolski was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eight...
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Dave Wyland
Released
Dave Wyland, 23, of Toledo, Ohio, was one of the 'Omaha Action' pacifists who climbed over the fence at the Me...
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Wilmer Young
Released
Wilmer Young, a 71-year-old Quaker of Wallingford, Pennsylvania, was arrested for trespassing in July 1959 whe...
Institutions in Nebraska
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Nebraska that appear in the census’s case files.
Nebraska State PenitentiaryLincoln, Nebraska
3 cases
Lancaster County District Court
1 case
Fort Robinson
1 case