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Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin.
434Documented
2In custody
130Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Wisconsin
Where Wisconsin’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1940s 250
1930s 47
1910s 33
1960s 23
1970s 22
2020s 19
Recent dashboard entries from Wisconsin
The newest published events and reporting located in Wisconsin, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
A man is arrested dousing an Appleton courthouse Pride flag with gasoline
Protest
About 100 rally outside Ridglan Farms, calling for release of the last ~650 beagles and the facility's closure
Protest
A May Day march from Voces de la Frontera to the Federal Building in Milwaukee
Arrest
Palestinian-American community leader Salah Sarsour, a longtime green-card holder, detained by ICE in Milwaukee; rights groups call it retaliation for his pro-Palestinian advocacy
Protest
Hundreds line State Road and Losey Boulevard for a 'No Kings' rally
Arrest
Wayne Hsiung and three activists charged with four felonies each over an "open rescue" of 22 beagles from Ridglan Farms
Prosecution
Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan is found guilty of obstructing ICE agents
Prosecution
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was convicted of felony obstruction for helping an undocumented man avoid ICE agents at her courthouse
Documented cases
434 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Conard Wilhelm Lamprecht
An April 18, 1942 Camp McCoy report states that Conard Wilhelm Lamprecht arrived at the Wisconsin camp on Apri...
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Sylvester Landwehr
Sylvester Landwehr was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-08-18. The...
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Fritz E. Laqua
The March 16, 1942 Camp McCoy personnel-record transmittal individually names Fritz E. Laqua among civilian en...
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George Laufer
A March 7, 1942 Sixth Corps Area report individually names George Laufer as then confined at Camp McCoy, Wisco...
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Michael Legoth
Released
Michael Legoth was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutio...
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Alfons Leins
Alfons Leins was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-05-23. The report...
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Lendrum (Milwaukee physician, 1940)
Released
Lendrum (Milwaukee physician, 1940) was a physician arrested in Milwaukee on February 6, 1940, in the federal...
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Willard Lenton
Released
Willard Lenton was one of four University of Wisconsin–Madison activists arrested on May 4, 1971 following a d...
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Carl Lester
Released
Carl Lester was a leader of Milwaukee's South Side Unemployed Council. Police jailed him during the 1932 campa...
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Alex Licora
Page 3 names this worker as one of two arrested when deputy sheriffs attacked FERA relief-strike pickets in Mi...
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Elmer Lockner
Elmer Lockner was Milwaukee county secretary of the Communist Party. The International Labor Defense called fo...
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George Loh
Released
George Loh was editor of the German-language newspaper Der Arbeiter in New York. At a 1936 German Day gatherin...
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Cailin Elizabeth Major
Released
Cailin Elizabeth Major, then 25 and living in Milwaukee, was arrested after the May 1, 2010 anti-capitalist Ma...
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Max G. Mantschewsky
Max G. Mantschewsky was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-06-13. The...
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Shigezo Markawa
Shigezo Markawa is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Tony Marta
Tony Marta is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the W...
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Shozaemon Masaki
Shozaemon Masaki is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Zikyo Masaki
Zikyo Masaki is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the...
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Shushin Matsubayashi
Shushin Matsubayashi is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confine...
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Ishichi Matsuda
Ishichi Matsuda is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Motoichi Matsuda
Motoichi Matsuda is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Shigekazu Matsumoto
Shigekazu Matsumoto is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined...
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Leslie Mays
Leslie Mays was a member of the Milwaukee Black Panther Party arrested on a concealed-weapon allegation in 196...
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Ernest Louis Meyer
Released
Ernest Louis Meyer was a conscientious objector from Wisconsin imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
Institutions in Wisconsin
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Wisconsin that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI OxfordOxford, Wisconsin
11 cases
Milwaukee House of CorrectionMilwaukee, Wisconsin
11 cases
Dane County JailMadison, Wisconsin
8 cases
Ashland County JailAshland, Wisconsin
5 cases
Dane County Circuit Court
2 cases
Wisconsin state prisonMilwaukee, Wisconsin
2 cases
Wisconsin State PrisonWaupun, Wisconsin
2 cases
U.S. Federal Custom House Jail, MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin
1 case