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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.
235Documented
6In custody
228Released
Eras of repression in District of Columbia
Where District of Columbia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 159
2020s 19
1980s 11
2010s 8
1800s 8
1970s 6
Documented cases
235 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Ruth Crocker
Released
Ruth Crocker (born about 1886 - March 4, 1932) was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Sile...
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Edna Dixon
Released
Edna Dixon was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
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Mary Carroll Dowell
Released
Mary Carroll Dowell was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned du...
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Mary Dubrow
Released
Mary Dubrow was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
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Sean Dunn
Released
U.S. Department of Justice paralegal (fired after arrest) who, during the August 2025 federal deployment to Wa...
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Eicker
Released
Eicker was the secretary of the rank-and-file committee of the Bonus Marchers — the some 20,000 World War vete...
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Rebecca Winsor Evans
Released
Rebecca Winsor Evans (born 1877 or 1879 - July 25, 1959) was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of...
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Pearl C. Ewald
Released
Pearl C. Ewald was a Quaker peace activist and Peace Action Center worker. She was imprisoned after the 1962 W...
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Estella Eylward
Released
Estella Ladds Eylward, formerly Estella Vouraka, was born in New Mexico in 1880 and was a member of the Nation...
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Ella Findeisen
Released
Ella Findeisen was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
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Katharine Fisher
Released
Katharine Fisher was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned durin...
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Rose Gratz Fishstein
Released
Rose Gratz Fishstein was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned d...
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Rose Fishstein
Released
Rose Fishstein was a Philadelphia businesswoman and a member of the National Woman's Party, one of the "Silent...
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D. D. Foley
Released
D. D. Foley was a Washington attorney who represented the father of an underage Union soldier and personally s...
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Martha Foley
Released
Martha Foley was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during th...
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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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Margaret Fotheringham
Released
Margaret Fotheringham was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned...
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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
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
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Rebecca M. Garrison
Released
Rebecca M. Garrison (born June 23, 1892) of Joplin, Missouri was a member of the National Woman’s Party and on...
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Herb Geraghty
Released
Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh PA, gender dysphoric and non-religious atheist, DC Nine co-defendant in the O...
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Anna Ginsberg
Released
Anna Ginsberg Hayutin (1893-1973) was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels"...
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Reba Gomborov
Released
Reba Gomborov, later Reba Commero, was born in Kyiv and was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of...
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William Goodman
Released
William Goodman, 52, of the Bronx NY, DC Nine co-defendant in the October 22, 2020 Washington Surgi-Clinic blo...
Institutions in District of Columbia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in District of Columbia that appear in the census’s case files.
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
War Tax ResistanceWashington, District of Columbia
4 cases
D.C. Central Detention FacilityWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Old Capitol PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Washington, D.C. JailWashington, District of Columbia
1 case