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Idaho
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 Idaho.
47Documented
0In custody
42Released
Eras of repression in Idaho
Where Idaho’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 25
1920s 7
1990s 4
1980s 4
1900s 4
2000s 1
Recent dashboard entries from Idaho
The newest published events and reporting located in Idaho, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Six arrested at Idaho Capitol over trans bathroom-ban sit-in
Protest
About 15 people arrested in sit-ins at the Idaho Capitol protesting a new transgender bathroom-ban law (HB 752)
Protest
Nine arrested at Idaho Statehouse over anti-trans bill
Protest
An ICE Out rally on the Broadway Bridge in Idaho Falls; protesters hit by tomatoes
Protest
750-1,000 march from Caldwell Park to the courthouse in Pocatello
Protest
Hundreds line Highway 95 in Coeur d'Alene against ICE after the Pretti killing
Protest
100 protest a Wilder ICE raid at the Canyon County Administration building
Documented cases
47 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Annie Adams
Released
Annie Adams was the wife of Steve Adams, confined with her children inside the Idaho penitentiary under the cl...
Steve Adams
Released
Steve Adams was a Western Federation of Miners member who in February 1906 was arrested by the Pinkerton Natio...
Paul Corcoran
Released
Paul Corcoran was the financial secretary of the Burke Miners' Union (Western Federation of Miners) in the Coe...
Bill Haywood
Released
Bill Haywood was the founding general secretary-treasurer of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, the Wob...
Peggy Sue McRae
Released
Peggy Sue McRae participated in the Cove–Mallard forest-defense campaign. She was jailed in Idaho in 1994 afte...
Charles Moyer
Released
Charles Moyer was president of the Western Federation of Miners. He was born in Iowa — usually described as ne...
George Pettibone
Released
George Pettibone was a Denver storekeeper and former Western Federation of Miners executive board member, blac...
Joe Schock
In Exile
Joe Schock was a Marine combat veteran and University of Idaho student who was accused of starting a fire that...
Randy Weaver
Released
Randy Weaver, formally identified in the Justice Department report as Randall C. Weaver, was prosecuted in the...
Edwin P. Wilson
Released
Edwin Paul Wilson was a former CIA and Office of Naval Intelligence officer who became a private international...
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Charles Anderson
Released
Charles Anderson was from St. Maries, Idaho. Charles Anderson received a one- to ten-year prison sentence.
Th...
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Henning Anderson
Released
Henning Anderson was arrested at St. Maries, Idaho on March 26, 1918 in immigration proceedings alleging advoc...
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J. Antella
Released
J. Antella is named in Vecellio among IWW logging-strike prisoners arrested 1917-07-23, held at St. Maries, tr...
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Matt Antella
Released
Matt Antella is named in Vecellio among IWW logging-strike prisoners arrested 1917-07-23, held at St. Maries,...
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Bert Banker
Released
Bert Banker was from St. Maries, Idaho. Bert Banker received a one- to ten-year prison sentence.
The March 19...
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J. L. Brian
Released
J. L. Brian was from St. Maries, Idaho. J. L. Brian received a sentence of one to ten years under Idaho's crim...
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Charles Carlson
Released
Charles Carlson was from St. Maries, Idaho. Charles Carlson received a one- to ten-year prison sentence.
The...
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Charles Clifford
Released
Charles Clifford was from Moscow, Idaho. Charles Clifford received a one- to ten-year prison sentence.
The Ma...
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P. Davison
Released
P. Davison is named in Vecellio among IWW logging-strike prisoners arrested 1917-07-23, held at St. Maries, tr...
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Max Dezettel
Released
Max Dezettel was a Spokane IWW organizer and local secretary who went to Boise, Idaho in August 1911 to establ...
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John Otis Ellis
Released
John Otis Ellis, identified as J. Otis Ellis in some sources, was an Industrial Workers of the World supporter...
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Henry Fainer
Released
Henry Fainer was from St. Maries, Idaho. Henry Fainer received a one- to ten-year prison sentence.
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Henry Farner
Released
Henry Farner was prosecuted under World War I–era wartime speech statutes (chiefly the Espionage Act or Sediti...
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Frank Fleury
Released
Frank Fleury was from St. Maries, Idaho. Frank Fleury received a one- to ten-year prison sentence.
The March...
Institutions in Idaho
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Idaho that appear in the census’s case files.
Ada County JailBoise, Idaho
3 cases
Idaho State Penitentiary
3 cases
Idaho county jails (Caldwell, Wallace, Rathdrum)
1 case
Multnomah County Jail / Minidoka War Relocation CenterHunt, Idaho
1 case
Boise City JailBoise, Idaho
1 case