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Wyoming

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 Wyoming.

103Documented
0In custody
96Released

Eras of repression in Wyoming

Where Wyoming’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1940s 93 1950s 4 1910s 4 2020s 1 2010s 1

Documented cases

103 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

James Masaichi Minatani
Released
James Masaichi Minatani was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. H...
Carl Kaoru Nakada
Released
Carl Kaoru Nakada was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After b...
Paul Nakadate
Released
Paul Nakadate, a steering-committee member of the Fair Play Committee, was one of the seven leaders of the Hea...
Lloyd Ichiro Okawa
Released
Lloyd Ichiro Okawa was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After...
Tadashi Oki
Released
Tadashi Oki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being c...
Tom Yoshio Oki
Released
Tom Yoshio Oki was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
George Fujio Shimane
Released
George Fujio Shimane was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Afte...
Kellen Sorber
Released
Kellen Michael Sorber was convicted of setting fire to the Albany County Republican Party headquarters in Lara...
Toyoji Sugita
Released
Toyoji Sugita was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
Noboru Sumi
Released
Noboru Sumi was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being c...
Torao Uyemura
Released
Torao Uyemura resisted conscription while confined at Heart Mountain, arguing that his citizenship rights had...
Hiromu Watanabe
Released
Hiromu Watanabe was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
George Masao Yoshida
Released
George Masao Yoshida was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. He w...
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Juan Andras
The Wyoming report explicitly states Andras was arrested, pleaded not guilty and obtained personal recognizanc...
Y
Yukio Eto
Released
Yukio Eto was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being con...
J
Jiro John Fujii
Released
Jiro John Fujii was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
C
Castulo Guevara
The Wyoming report explicitly states Guevara was arrested, pleaded not guilty and obtained personal recognizan...
M
Mutsuo Higuchi
Released
Mutsuo Higuchi was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bein...
H
Harold Susumu Hirayama
Released
Harold Susumu Hirayama was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Af...
K
Kazuto Hirose
Released
Kazuto Hirose was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...
A
Akira Hiroshige
Released
Akira Hiroshige was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
G
Grant Takao Ide
Released
Grant Takao Ide was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After bei...
H
Harry Yoshiaki Ikemoto
Released
Harry Yoshiaki Ikemoto was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. Af...
M
Masafumi Imai
Released
Masafumi Imai was a Japanese American participant in the Heart Mountain draft-resistance movement. After being...