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  • "Table 1. Wartime Properties Identified in Public Law 102-248" (PART 1), from- Japanese Americans in World War II, a National Historic Landmark theme study (page 15 crop).jpg

    Photo by United States National Park Service via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Loading a car with cots removed from the . . . - NARA - 539794.jpg

    Photo by Hikaru Iwasaki via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A former Californian, Doctor Fugikawa, examining a pati . . . - NARA - 539316.jpg

    Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A patient with a toothache being examined in a temporar . . . - NARA - 538885.jpg

    Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A patient, teacher of high school science, being examin . . . - NARA - 538864.jpg

    Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A pattern making class in the adult education division . . . - NARA - 539359.jpg

    Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A section of the center looking northwest form the hosp . . . - NARA - 538820.jpg

    Photo by Tom Parker via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A section of the center looking northwest from the hosp . . . - NARA - 538819.jpg

    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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Year opened

1942

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Population held

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Opened

1942

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Notable inmates

  • Helen Santo
    1935 · grocer
  • Yuri Kochiyama
    Yuri Kochiyama
    1921–2014 · human rights defender

    Yuri Kochiyama (河内山 百合子 (ユリ・コウチヤマ), Kōchiyama Yuriko; born Mary Yuriko Nakahara; May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014) was an American civil rights activist born in San Pedro, California.

  • Violet Kazue de Cristoforo
    1917–2007 · poet

    Violet Kazue de Cristoforo (September 3, 1917 – October 3, 2007) was a Japanese American poet, composer and translator of haiku.

  • George Hoshida
    1907–1985 · 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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World Prisons. (2026). Jerome War Relocation Center. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jerome-war-relocation-center
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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 = {2026-10-21}
}