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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.
192Documented
2In custody
154Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Maryland
Where Maryland’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1800s 51
1970s 33
1960s 29
1930s 25
1980s 14
1910s 9
Recent dashboard entries from Maryland
The newest published events and reporting located in Maryland, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Rep. Andy Harris Threatens Journalist With Potential Criminal Charges for Recording Him
Other
Attorney says Air Force Maj. Jason Watson remains in round-the-clock solitary confinement
Prosecution
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia deportation hearing canceled in Greenbelt
Protest
Protesters hit Hagerstown to protest major data center proposed for city
Protest
ICE agents use batons during a confrontation with protesters in Frederick’s Tasker’s Chance neighborhood
Other
Sonny Rollins Lived to See Justice for His Wrongly Convicted Father
Prosecution
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison in an admitted error, was returned to the U.S. and indicted on smuggling charges; a judge dismissed the case in May 2026 as a vindictive prosecution
Protest
Thousands rally against Trump and an ICE detention center in Hagerstown
Documented cases
192 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Haji Subandi
Released
Haji Subandi, Tamil Tigers ICE-sting defendant; emailed an FBI undercover business inquiring about weapons and...
E
Ellen Macgill Swan
Ellen Macgill Swan was a daughter of Hagerstown physician Dr. Charles Macgill and the wife of Robert Swan. Mar...
J
James Taylor
James was named Maryland Penitentiary Intercommunal Survival Collective contact, prisoner number 112900. The c...
I
I. Adamson Thomas
Released
I. Adamson Thomas was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep...
E
Ethel Mae Thompson
Released
Ethel Mae Thompson was one of five Black Annapolis residents arrested on trespassing charges during a November...
J
John A. Tolishus
Released
John A. Tolishus was prosecuted under World War I–era wartime speech statutes (chiefly the Espionage Act or Se...
T
Thomas Truss
Released
Thomas Truss was a Polish immigrant, Baltimore coat presser and local Amalgamated Clothing Workers leader deta...
A
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...
T
Thirunavukkarasu Varatharasa
Released
Thirunavukkarasu Varatharasa was arrested on September 29, 2006.
Caught in an Immigration and Customs Enforce...
G
George Veasey
Released
George Veasey was a Vietnam War veteran who, after his wartime experience, joined the Jonah House resistance c...
W
Wagner
Released
Wagner was identified by surname as one of five leaders of unemployed seamen arrested in Baltimore on Septembe...
L
Larry Wallace
Released
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...
H
Henry M. Warfield
Released
Henry M. Warfield was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep...
J
John H. Waring
Released
John H. Waring was from Prince George's County, Maryland. John H. Waring was held roughly eight months without...
L
Levin L. Waters
Released
Levin L. Waters was a printer in Princess Anne, Maryland, who raised a Confederate flag in front of his print...
B
Bill Wheeler
Released
William Wheeler was an architect of the July 8, 1845 Port Tobacco Mass Escape, in which some 40 to 70 enslaved...
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Kent Williams
Released
Kent Williams was from Baltimore, Maryland. Kent Williams was a young Baltimorean sentenced by Gen. Lew Wallac...
G
George W. Wilson
George W. Wilson was arrested on October 16, 1862.
Marshall identifies Wilson as editor of the Marlboro Gazet...
E
Erick Wotulo
Released
Erick Wotulo, retired Indonesian military general, was caught in an ICE/FBI sting along with Subandi, Osman, S...
C
Charles Wyche
Released
Charles Wyche was a member of the Baltimore Black Panther Party tried in April 1971 in the prosecution over th...
Y
Yates
Released
Yates was identified by surname as one of five leaders of unemployed seamen arrested in Baltimore on September...
I
Irving Young
Released
Irving Young was a member of the Baltimore Black Panther Party whom police alleged had driven Eugene Leroy And...
S
Samuel Yudkin
Released
Samuel Yudkin owned a Bethesda bookstore. Police arrested him after officers bought Henry Miller’s Tropic of C...
Institutions in Maryland
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Maryland that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort McHenryBaltimore, Maryland
92 cases
Maryland PenitentiaryBaltimore, Maryland
6 cases
Kent County Detention CenterChestertown, Maryland
5 cases
Baltimore City JailBaltimore, Maryland
5 cases
Calvert County Detention CenterPrince Frederick, Maryland
5 cases
Charles County Detention CenterLa Plata, Maryland
3 cases
FCI CumberlandCumberland, Maryland
2 cases
Washington, DC RRMAnnapolis Junct, Maryland
1 case