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Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Background
The Jerome War Relocation Center was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeastern Arkansas, near the town of Jerome in the Arkansas Delta. Open from October 6, 1942, until June 30, 1944, it was the last American concentration camp to open and the first to close. At one point it held as many as 8,497 detainees. After closing, it was converted into a holding camp for German prisoners of war. Few remains of the camp are visible, as the wooden buildings were taken down.
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1942
Operational
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Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1942
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Security level
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Death-row facility
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Conditions
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Notable inmates
- Helen Santo1935 · grocer
Yuri Kochiyama1921–2014 · human rights defenderYuri Kochiyama (æ²³å å±± ç¾åå (ã¦ãªã»ã³ã¦ãã¤ã), KÅchiyama Yuriko; born Mary Yuriko Nakahara; May 19, 1921 â June 1, 2014) was an American civil rights activist born in San Pedro, California.
- Violet Kazue de Cristoforo1917–2007 · poet
Violet Kazue de Cristoforo (September 3, 1917 â October 3, 2007) was a Japanese American poet, composer and translator of haiku.
- George Hoshida1907–1985 · artist
George Yoshio Hoshida (1907, Japan-1985, Hawaii) was a Japanese American artist known for his drawings made during World War II, when he was incarcerated in three US internment camps and two Justice Department camps between 1942 and 1945.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q24837)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Jerome War Relocation Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jerome-war-relocation-center
Chicago
"Jerome War Relocation Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jerome-war-relocation-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-jerome-war-relocation-cente,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Jerome War Relocation Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jerome-war-relocation-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}