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Kentucky
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 Kentucky.
225Documented
2In custody
148Released
Eras of repression in Kentucky
Where Kentucky’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 138
1970s 21
1960s 19
1950s 9
1800s 9
1980s 8
Recent dashboard entries from Kentucky
The newest published events and reporting located in Kentucky, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
Taylor Marshall arrested on felony charge over Roebling Bridge anti-ICE protest
Protest
Hundreds protest after the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Lexington
Protest
An anti-ICE protest fills Noble Park in Paducah after an ICE shooting
Protest
Police arrest more than a dozen at anti-ICE Roebling Bridge march
Protest
UC students detained during Roebling Bridge ICE protest
Arrest
Student journalist Lucas Griffith arrested covering an anti-ICE march in Covington, KY (felony rioting count dropped; convicted of failure to disperse)
Protest
A rally for an ICE-detained 18-year-old outside Rep. Brett Guthrie's office
Protest
Several thousand rally at Metro Hall for a Louisville No Kings protest
Documented cases
225 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Jeffrey Whittier
Released
Jeffrey Whittier was imprisoned at Ashland as a conscientious or antiwar resister during the 1960s.
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Carl Williams
Released
Carl Williams was an Evarts miner jailed in the Harlan roundup after the 5 May 1931 Battle of Evarts, one of t...
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Henry Williams
Henry Williams is named among four Central Relief Committee members tried at Pineville for robbery after recov...
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Bige Wilson
Bige Wilson, a local strike leader, was released after the witness declined to testify at his criminal-syndica...
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Michael Wittels
Released
Michael Wittels was a Philadelphia artist and Army reservist imprisoned at Fort Knox for conscientiously refus...
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Rich Wolf
Rich Wolf is named among four Central Relief Committee members tried at Pineville for robbery after recovering...
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Joe Yeary
Joe Yeary was named in the March 14, 1932 Daily Worker appeal for the imprisoned Kentucky National Miners Unio...
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Isaac Zanger
Released
Isaac Zanger was a student subjected to antisemitic ridicule while being questioned. Charles Croix’s first-per...
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Timothy Zimmer
Released
Timothy Zimmer appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
Institutions in Kentucky
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Kentucky that appear in the census’s case files.
Harlan County JailHarlan, Kentucky
18 cases
Ashland FCIDedham, Kentucky
13 cases
Bell County JailPineville, Kentucky
13 cases
FCI LexingtonLexington, Kentucky
5 cases
Federal Correctional Institution, AshlandAshland, Kentucky
5 cases
FCI AshlandAshland, Kentucky
3 cases
Federal Medical Center, Lexington (women's)Lexington, Kentucky
2 cases
FPC LexingtonLexington, Kentucky
2 cases