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Maryland
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 Maryland.
121Documented
0In custody
113Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Maryland
Where Maryland’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1800s 43
1960s 16
1970s 14
1980s 11
1910s 9
2000s 7
Documented cases
121 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Anthony Scoblick
Released
Former Josephite priest from Baltimore; participated in the November 7, 1969 Boston 8 draft-board raid. Indict...
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Mary Cain Scoblick
Released
Former Catholic nun from Baltimore married to former priest Anthony Scoblick. Participated in the November 196...
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Harkins Scott
Released
Harkins Scott was a Maryland legislator arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep of the state legislature...
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Wesley Shields
Released
Wesley Shields claimed to be the first African American in Baltimore to volunteer for U.S. Army service during...
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Karl Smith
Released
Karl Smith was 27 at the time of the Griffiss action and a member of the Jonah House resistance community in B...
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Sherman Snyder
Released
Sherman Snyder was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from Maryland imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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Helmi Soedirdja
Released
Helmi Soedirdja, 33, Tamil Tigers ICE-sting defendant. 12 months federal prison + 24 months supervised release...
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Haji Subandi
Released
Haji Subandi, 69, Tamil Tigers ICE-sting defendant; emailed an FBI undercover business inquiring about weapons...
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John A. Talishus
Released
John A. Talishus, of Syracuse, New York, began serving a prison sentence in Maryland Penitentiary on September...
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I. Adamson Thomas
Released
I. Adamson Thomas was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep...
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Arthur Turco
Released
Arthur Turco Jr. was a New York movement lawyer indicted on May 1, 1970 for taking part in the torture and mur...
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Thirunavukkarasu Varatharasa
Released
Caught in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement sting along with Haniffa Osman, Reinhard Rusli, Helmi Soedird...
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George Veasey
Released
George Veasey was a Vietnam War veteran who, after his wartime experience, joined the Jonah House resistance c...
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Larry Wallace
Larry Wallace was named as a jailed Baltimore Panther defendant in 1970.
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Sandra Wallace
Released
Sandra Wallace was detained in a Baltimore Panther confrontation with police in 1969 and released after paymen...
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Henry M. Warfield
Released
Henry M. Warfield was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep...
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John H. Waring
Released
John H. Waring, of Prince George's County, Maryland, was held roughly eight months without trial on charges of...
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Levin L. Waters
Released
Levin L. Waters was a printer in Princess Anne, Maryland, who raised a Confederate flag in front of his print...
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Joseph Wenderoth
Released
Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, member of the Baltimore "Ghetto Priests" working in inn...
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William Wheeler
Released
William "Bill" Wheeler was an architect of the July 8, 1845 Port Tobacco Mass Escape, in which some 40 to 70 e...
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Kent Williams
Released
Kent Williams, of Baltimore, Maryland, was a young Baltimorean sentenced by Gen. Lew Wallace for blockade runn...
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Erick Wotulo
Released
Erick Wotulo, 60, retired Indonesian military general, was caught in an ICE/FBI sting along with Subandi, Osma...
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Charles Wyche
Released
Charles Wyche was a member of the Baltimore Black Panther Party tried in April 1971 in the prosecution over th...
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Irving Young
Released
Irving Young was a member of the Baltimore Black Panther Party whom police alleged had driven Eugene Leroy And...
Institutions in Maryland
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Maryland that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort McHenryBaltimore, Maryland
10 cases
Kent County Detention CenterChestertown, Maryland
6 cases
Calvert County Detention CenterPrince Frederick, Maryland
5 cases
Maryland PenitentiaryBaltimore, Maryland
4 cases
Charles County Detention CenterLa Plata, Maryland
3 cases
FCI CumberlandCumberland, Maryland
2 cases
Washington, DC RRMAnnapolis Junct, Maryland
1 case
Baltimore City JailBaltimore, Maryland
1 case