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Topaz War Relocation Center

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  • Age distribution at Topaz 1943.png

    Photo by Rachel Helps (BYU) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Gyo Obata on 21 September 1944 from Here are Professor Obata and his family (cropped).jpg

    Photo by Hikaru Iwasaki via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • New Moon (Chiura Obata) (cropped).jpg

    Photo by Chiura Obata via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • NPS internment-camp-map.gif

    Photo by U.S. National Park Service, restoration/cleanup by National Park Maps (https://npmaps.com) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • The Internet of Experiences Topaz.jpg

    Photo by Bulamonto via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • The Internet of Experiences, documenting relics from The Topaz Concentration Camp.jpg

    Photo by Bulamonto via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Topaz site, Utah (19880897854) bronze plaque.jpg

    Photo by mliu92 from San Mateo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Topaz site, Utah (19882601583) Hospital Coal Chute.jpg

    Photo by mliu92 from San Mateo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1942

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1942

Region

Millard County

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Chizu Iiyama
    1921–2020 · activist

    Chizu Iiyama (November 14, 1921 – August 26, 2020) was a Japanese American activist, social worker, and educator active in the Redress Movement, desegregation in Chicago, and other causes.

  • Miné Okubo
    Miné Okubo
    1912–2001 · visual artist

    Miné Okubo (;Japanese: 大久保 ミネ, June 27, 1912 – February 10, 2001) was an American artist and writer.

  • Masao Ashizawa
    1925–2016
  • Hatsuye Egami
    1902 · editor

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

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World Prisons. (2026). Topaz War Relocation Center. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/topaz-war-relocation-center
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"Topaz War Relocation Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/topaz-war-relocation-center.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-topaz-war-relocation-center,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Topaz War Relocation Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/topaz-war-relocation-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}