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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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Rudolph Pospichal
Rudolph Pospichal was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Co...
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Richard Powel
Richard Powel was a member of the Illinois Black Panther Party reported picked up on June 10, 1969 after Cook...
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Freida Ida Prause
Freida Ida Prause is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at House of Good Sheph...
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Antonio Presi
Antonio Presi is named as Antonio Presi in the May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster among defendants indicted in...
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Andrij Pulanacki
Andrij Pulanacki is listed in the 1920 congressional deportation-case summary under Detroit but explicitly rep...
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Manker R. Harris
Manker R. Harris was arrested during the December 5, 1970 picket in Cairo, Illinois, according to the United F...
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Della Rabinovitz
Della Rabinovitz was individually named among eleven Chicago garment pickets arrested Wednesday, March 19, 192...
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Jake Ram
Jake Ram was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company in...
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Elia Ratkowski
Elia Ratkowski was arrested while attending a Union of Russian Workers meeting in Chicago. The 1920 congressio...
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Herman Reese
Herman Reese was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Bernard Reiling
Bernard Reiling was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Comp...
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Theresa Rhode
Released
Theresa Rhode was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ U...
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Harry Rice
Harry Rice was a worker named among six people arrested when armed county officials and anti-union forces brok...
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Sandra Rich
Released
Sandra Rich was a nineteen-year-old Chicago Panther detained after a police stop on June 8, 1969. Three months...
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Esther Richman
Released
Esther Richman was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’...
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Nicholas Riddell
Released
Nicholas Riddell was a Roman Catholic priest and one of the Chicago 15 arrested after the group burned about 4...
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John Riggio
John Riggio was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Marcos Rios
Released
Marcos Rios was arrested during the September 19, 2025 protest against immigration enforcement outside the Bro...
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Ken Rippetoe
Released
Ken Rippetoe was a Catholic Worker in Rock Island, Illinois and a participant in the March 28, 1986 Silo Plows...
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Fred Riso
Fred Riso was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company in...
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Antonio Rolich
Antonio Rolich was arrested on August 26, 1919.
A Chicago police officer testified that he arrested Antonio R...
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Randall Rollins
Randall Rollins was an eighteen-year-old Chicago Panther detained after police stopped a group of party member...
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Tony Rosetti
Tony Rosetti was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Charles Rothfiser
Released
Charles Rothfiser, also recorded as Charles Rothfisher, edited the IWW’s Hungarian-language newspaper in Chica...
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