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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 District of Columbia.
405Documented
6In custody
299Released
Eras of repression in District of Columbia
Where District of Columbia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 158
1970s 45
1980s 41
1960s 33
1930s 30
2020s 22
Recent dashboard entries from District of Columbia
The newest published events and reporting located in District of Columbia, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home
Other
White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool
Protest
Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC
Other
White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips
Protest
Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down
Other
CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban
Arrest
He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.
Prosecution
Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down'
Documented cases
405 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Michael Crille
Michael was a Pentagon antiwar demonstrator held at D.C. Jail after transfer from Occoquan.
Judy Willis’s rep...
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Ruth Crocker
Released
Ruth Crocker was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during th...
P
Prescott F. Dennett
Released
Prescott Freese Dennett was a publicist associated with the Islands for War Debts Committee and George Sylvest...
W
William Duke
William Duke was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stati...
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Thomas Dunn
Thomas Dunn was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct statio...
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Harry Duvall
Released
Harry Duvall was one of six Black youths prosecuted for murder in the 1932 Logan Circle case in Washington, D....
W
Walter F. Eicker
Released
Walter F. Eicker was a 32-year-old former Marine, Detroit auto worker, and secretary of the Bonus Army’s rank-...
P
Pearl C. Ewald
Released
Pearl C. Ewald was a Quaker peace activist and Peace Action Center worker. She was imprisoned after the 1962 W...
B
Brotis Faulkner
Brotis Faulkner was a Bonus Army veteran arrested at the Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue billets after th...
A
Anne Feczko
Anne Feczko was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Supr...
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Mike Ferner
Mike Ferner was arrested on September 15, 2007.
Antiwar veteran Mike Ferner described overnight custody after...
E
Ella Findeisen
Released
Ella Findeisen was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
R
Rose Gratz Fishstein
Released
Rose Gratz Fishstein was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned d...
D
Daniel Flynn
Daniel Flynn was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Sup...
D
D. D. Foley
Released
D. D. Foley was a Washington attorney who represented the father of an underage Union soldier and personally s...
M
Mrs. T. W. Forbes
Released
Mrs. T. W. Forbes was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
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Francis Fowler
Released
Francis Fowler was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
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Gil W. Fowler
Released
Gil W. Fowler was a defendant in the case arising from the 1975 Washington Post pressmen’s strike.
The pressm...
R
Randy Gardner
Randy Gardner was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Su...
R
Rebecca M. Garrison
Released
Rebecca M. Garrison was from Joplin, Missouri. Rebecca M. Garrison was a member of the National Woman’s Party...
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Carol Garvin
Carol was arrested in the 1965 White House sit-in protesting killings and repression in Selma.
The article’s...
A
Anna Ginsberg
Released
Anna Ginsberg was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
R
Reba Gomborov
Released
Reba Gomborov was born in Kyiv and was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels...
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William Goodman
Released
William Goodman, of the Bronx NY, DC Nine co-defendant in the October 22, 2020 Washington Surgi-Clinic blockad...
Institutions in District of Columbia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in District of Columbia that appear in the census’s case files.
Old Capitol PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
216 cases
District of Columbia JailWashington, District of Columbia
7 cases
District of Columbia Department of CorrectionsWashington, District of Columbia
6 cases
Washington County JailWashington, District of Columbia
5 cases
Washington, D.C. JailWashington, District of Columbia
5 cases
War Tax ResistanceWashington, District of Columbia
4 cases
D.C. Central Detention FacilityWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Carroll PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases