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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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Annie J. Magee
Released
Annie J. Magee was recorded among the members of the National Woman's Party jailed during the 1917-1919 campai...
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Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi
Released
Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi, climbed the Christopher Columbus statue in DCs Columbus Circle on July 24, 2024 and spr...
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Effie B. Main
Released
Effie B. Main was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
A
Albert Mallin
Released
Albert Mallin was arrested on February 17, 1930 while distributing unemployment leaflets outside the United St...
A
Amber Mason
Amber Mason was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Supr...
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Kevin Mason
Kevin Mason was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Supr...
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Michael Mattin
Michael Mattin was among the Pentagon antiwar protesters held in segregation at the D.C. Jail, according to Ju...
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Patrick McCann
Patrick McCann was a Veterans For Peace board member who described spending a night in lockup after a Septembe...
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Bernard McCoy
Bernard McCoy was a Bonus Army veteran arrested at the Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue billets after the...
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Jack D. McIntosh
Released
Jack D. McIntosh was a defendant in the case arising from the 1975 Washington Post pressmen’s strike.
The pre...
J
Jessie W. McQueen
Released
Jessie W. McQueen joined the first recorded sit-in inside the White House on March 11, 1965, demanding federal...
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Charles Metzdorf
Charles Metzdorf was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct s...
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Samuel Miron
Samuel Miron was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stati...
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Martha W. Moore
Released
Martha W. Moore was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
B
Bernard W. Morgan
Bernard W. Morgan was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct...
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Dave Morris
Dave was a Philadelphia contingent member beaten and arrested during bonus and hunger march activity in Washin...
M
Mildred Morris
Released
Mildred Morris was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
A
Amicus Most
Amicus Most is identified in Page 3 reproduces his June 30, 1932 letter and as Socialist Party national organi...
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John A. Mote
Released
John A. Mote was arrested for unlawful entry on June 21, 1969 after joining more than one hundred freeway oppo...
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Irvin Murray
Released
Irvin Murray was convicted with two other Black men of first-degree murder in the 1932 Logan Circle death of P...
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Louis Murray
Released
Louis Murray (Logan Circle, 1932) was one of six Black youths prosecuted for murder in the 1932 Logan Circle c...
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Tom Muther
Tom Muther was individually named among fourteen death-penalty abolition protesters arrested at the U.S. Supre...
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Winnie Neal
Winnie was arrested in the 1965 White House sit-in protesting killings and repression in Selma.
The article’s...
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Harry Newman
Harry Newman was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stati...
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