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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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Ivan Kastrow
Ivan Kastrow was arrested on March 26, 1932.
The March 28 Washington dispatch reported an assault-case hearin...
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Ron Kaz
Ron Kaz was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Supreme...
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Sally Kearsley
Sally Kearsley was jailed during the 1981 anti-nuclear actions at the White House. The December 12, 1981 Natio...
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Mary Jane Keeney
Released
Mary Jane Keeney was a librarian and former United Nations employee prosecuted after she declined to answer a...
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Kennedy
Kennedy was one of the four remaining defendants prosecuted following the March 26, 1932 anti-war demonstratio...
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Marie Ernst Kennedy
Released
Marie Ernst Kennedy was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned du...
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Joseph Kers
Joseph Kers was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct statio...
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Margaret Wood Kessler
Released
Margaret Wood Kessler was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned...
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Alice Kimball
Released
Alice Kimball was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
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Ruby E. Koenig
Released
Ruby E. Koenig was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
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Jake Kreilick
Jake Kreilick was a Native Forest Network activist who protested Australian woodchipping at the Australian Emb...
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Jan Kuenning
Jan Kuenning was jailed after a Good Friday 1984 peace action at the Pentagon. On July 12 she was sentenced to...
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Anna Kuhn
Released
Anna Kuhn was a Maryland physician who took part in the 1917-1919 National Woman’s Party campaign to picket th...
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Marta C. Kusic
Released
Marta C. Kusic joined the first recorded sit-in inside the White House on March 11, 1965, demanding federal pr...
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Saul Langdon
Saul Langdon was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stati...
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Scott Langley
Scott Langley was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Su...
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Rachel Lawler
Rachel Lawler was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Su...
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Jessie Lawrence
Jessie Lawrence was a Black youth beaten by four Washington, D.C. policemen and imprisoned in the Occoquan Jai...
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Charity Lee
Charity Lee was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Supr...
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Linda Letendre
Linda Letendre was held overnight after the March 12, 2008 antiwar Senate-gallery protest, then released after...
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Katherine Lincoln
Released
Katherine Lincoln was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
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Elliot Linzer
Elliot Linzer was among the Pentagon antiwar protesters held in segregation at the D.C. Jail, according to Jud...
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Dr. Sarah H. Lockrey
Released
Dr. Sarah H. Lockrey was a Philadelphia surgeon and a member of the National Woman's Party who took part in th...
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Roger Ludwig
Released
Roger Ludwig was a poet and musician engaged in work with the poor in Washington, DC. He was a two-time Plowsh...
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