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Illinois
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 Illinois.
716Documented
5In custody
402Released
Eras of repression in Illinois
Where Illinois’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1920s 169
1930s 134
1960s 70
1910s 69
2020s 63
1970s 60
Recent dashboard entries from Illinois
The newest published events and reporting located in Illinois, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
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Marimar Martinez sues federal government over Border Patrol shooting
Prosecution
Immigration judge finds Salah Sarsour deportable; his lawyers plan an appeal
Prosecution
Broadview Six prosecutor resigns, alleging U.S. attorney directed the failed felony prosecution
Protest
Federal agents mace 10 protesters outside the Broadview ICE facility; two are hospitalized
Prosecution
Broadview 6 grand jury transcripts released, showing alleged prosecutorial misconduct
Prosecution
Now-cleared ‘Broadview 6’ immigration protesters seek evidence of White House pressure to indict
Protest
Hundreds rally in Morris against a proposed hyperscale data center
Prosecution
Charges dropped against four Broadview ICE protesters over misconduct
Documented cases
716 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Eva Boenseld
Eva Boenseld was one of four garment pickets individually named as arrested in Chicago on March 20, 1924. The...
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John Boichoff
John Boichoff was arrested on October 9, 1929.
The November 16 report identifies Chicago needle worker John B...
J
John Bolot
John Bolot was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company i...
M
Mae Boncinsky
Released
Mae Boncinsky was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ U...
C
Carl Brauckmiller
Carl Brauckmiller is named as Carl Brauckmiller in the May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster among defendants ind...
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Verlina Brewer
Released
Verlina was a wounded survivor of the Dec. 4, 1969 police raid on Fred Hampton's Chicago apartment; The Black...
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Marion Brostick
Released
Marion Brostick was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’...
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Squire Brown
Squire Brown is named in the June22 Chicago report among arrested Vincennes Hotel anti-segregation protesters...
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Alfred Burmeister
Released
Alfred Burmeister was a conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
M
McKinley Burr
McKinley Burr was a Black worker on Chicago’s South Side and a prominent Daily Worker seller. Page 3 of the Au...
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Nathaniel Burse
Released
Nathaniel Burse was a young Black man from Chicago's South Side and a member of De Mau Mau, an organization fo...
M
Marvin Caduro
Marvin Caduro was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Compan...
R
Roberto Caldero
Released
Roberto was a Chicago Puerto Rican community organizer and MLN activist jailed for civil contempt after refusi...
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Willie Calvin
Willie Calvin was a Chicago Black Panther who, according to the August 23, 1969 Black Panther newspaper, was d...
A
A. Camera
A. Camera was arrested during the August 12, 1930 meeting of the Unemployed Council at 900 South Paulina Stree...
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Julia Carmania
Julia Carmania was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Compa...
J
Joe Carnaghi
Joe Carnaghi was one of five union miners tried at Marion, Illinois, for Howard Hoffman’s death in the Herrin...
J
James Chairs
James Chairs was arrested during the December 5, 1970 picket in Cairo, Illinois, according to the United Front...
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Jennie Chanin
Released
Jennie Chanin was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ U...
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Fred Chase
Released
Fred Chase was one of the Chicago 15 arrested after the group burned about 40,000 Selective Service records on...
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Stephen Chuck
Released
Stephen Chuck was one of thirteen workers charged with rioting after police attacked an anti-imperialist demon...
A
Adam Chura
Adam Chura was a progressive member of Progressive Miners Local 1 and a Communist candidate for county judge....
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Rose Cicola
Rose Cicola was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Victoria Cieslakiewicz
Released
Victoria Cieslakiewicz was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment W...
Institutions in Illinois
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Illinois that appear in the census’s case files.
Cook County JailChicago, Illinois
57 cases
Chicago police lockupChicago, Illinois
9 cases
MCC ChicagoChicago , Illinois
8 cases
Woodstock Jail (McHenry County)
7 cases
Southern Illinois Penitentiary, ChesterChester, Illinois
6 cases
FCI Pekin Satellite CampPekin, Illinois
5 cases
USP MarionMarion, Illinois
5 cases
FCI PekinPekin, Illinois
4 cases