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Minnesota
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 Minnesota.
155Documented
8In custody
144Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Minnesota
Where Minnesota’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 43
2020s 38
2010s 20
1940s 16
1970s 11
1980s 9
Documented cases
155 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Todd Thompson
Released
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) water protector charged with criminal trespass for the June 2021 Fire Light ceremonial ca...
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Bill Tilton
Released
Member of the Alexandria raiding team arrested in the July 10, 1970 Minnesota Eight actions. Convicted Nov 5,...
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John J. Toevs
Released
John J. Toevs was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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Eryn Trimmer
Released
Eryn Trimmer was one of the RNC 8. All charges dropped.
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Chuck Turchick
Released
Member of the Alexandria raiding team (with Bill Tilton and Cliff Ulen) arrested during the July 10, 1970 Minn...
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Davon De-Andre Turner
Released
On the night of May 28, 2020 after a group of citizens tore down the fence around Minneapolis MPD Third Precin...
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Leo Tuuri
Released
Leo Tuuri was sentenced to 35 days in a 1934 Minneapolis relief demonstration case.
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Cliff Ulen
Released
Member of the Alexandria raiding team in the July 10, 1970 Minnesota Eight actions. The only one of the eight...
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Jessica Lynn White
Released
Jessica Lynn White, 33, was arrested with co-defendant Matthew Scott White in connection with a fire set at an...
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Matthew Scott White
Released
Matthew Scott White, 31, was arrested in connection with a fire set at an Enterprise Rent-A-Car building in St...
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Carl A. Wold
Released
Carl A. Wold appears in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions an...
Institutions in Minnesota
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Minnesota that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI WasecaWaseca, Minnesota
16 cases
FCI SandstoneSandstone, Minnesota
13 cases
U.S. District Court, District of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota
8 cases
Ramsey County District CourtSt. Paul, Minnesota
7 cases
White Earth Tribal Court
3 cases
FPC DuluthDuluth, Minnesota
1 case
Ramsey County WorkhouseSaint Paul, Minnesota
1 case
ICE detention (Minnesota and Texas facilities)
1 case