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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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Walter E. Coleman
Walter E. Coleman is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined a...
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Allen Crawford
Allen Crawford was a member of the Milwaukee Black Panther Party arrested on a concealed-weapon allegation in...
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Stefano Crea
Stefano Crea was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-06-06. The report...
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Kenneth Patrick Cupit
Released
Kenneth Patrick Cupit was a conscientious objector prosecuted in Wisconsin for refusing ordered civilian work...
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Lea Danielewicz
Released
Lea Danielewicz was a conscientious objector associated with Milwaukee and the Socialist Party. The Swarthmore...
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Jacob Daus
Jacob Daus is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the W...
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Guy Davis
Released
Guy Davis was a conscientious objector from Wisconsin imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refus...
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Ola Mae Davis
Released
Elderly, blind, diabetic Black woman imprisoned in Wisconsin on perjury and welfare-fraud charges The Black Pa...
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Max Deess
Max Deess is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at the Wi...
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Gavina Denurra
Gavina Denurra was one of eleven defendants imprisoned after a September 9, 1917 confrontation at a pro-war ga...
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Otto Dieterle
Otto Dieterle was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-05-23. The repor...
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Robert J. Dietrich
Released
Robert J. Dietrich — SOA Watch line-crosser at Fort Benning, Georgia. Convicted of trespass on a military inst...
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Doreen Dixon
Released
Doreen Dixon was a member of the Menominee Warrior Society and one of the leaders prosecuted after its 1975 ta...
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Herbert F. Duerr
Herbert F. Duerr is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Walter Boyd Dumbleton
Released
Walter Boyd Dumbleton was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Wisconsin imprisoned during World...
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Mathias Eiserloh
Mathias Eiserloh is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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Erich Adolph Erau
The March 3, 1942 Sixth Corps Area report individually names Erich Adolph Erau among six civilian enemy-alien...
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Xaver Faller
Xaver Faller was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-05-23. The report...
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William Fantine
An April 18, 1942 Camp McCoy report states that William Fantine arrived at the Wisconsin camp on April 16, 194...
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Benjamin Feifer
Released
Benjamin Feifer was sentenced to ten months for rioting and unlawful assembly in a Milwaukee relief demonstrat...
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William Felix
Released
William Felix was one of the leaders of the 6 March 1930 unemployment demonstration in Milwaukee — a crowd est...
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Karl Heins Alfred Fengler
Karl Heins Alfred Fengler was individually recorded in a Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, receipt report dated 1942-08-1...
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Ben Fifer
Page 4 identifies Ben Fifer and Carl Lester as leaders of Milwaukee's South Side Unemployed Council imprisoned...
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Anton Friedrich
Anton Friedrich is individually named on the U.S. Army’s Camp McCoy civilian-internment roster as confined at...
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