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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.
278Documented
7In custody
215Released
15Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Minnesota
Where Minnesota’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 52
2020s 50
1940s 44
1930s 33
1970s 25
2010s 19
Recent dashboard entries from Minnesota
The newest published events and reporting located in Minnesota, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Court dismisses lawsuit over ICE treatment of Minnesota protesters
Other
Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
Prosecution
The DOJ is increasingly charging ICE protesters with criminal conspiracy
Arrest
She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door
Prosecution
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’
Prosecution
The 15 Direct Action Minnesota defendants plead not guilty to federal conspiracy charges over anti-ICE protests
Prosecution
Isabel Lopez receives time served after federal case resolves with one misdemeanor
Protest
Inver Grove Heights council meeting erupts after a data-center moratorium vote is delayed; mayor walks out
Documented cases
278 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Floyd Hurley
Released
Floyd Hurley was a Minneapolis WPA striker imprisoned following the 1939 strike against changes to federal wor...
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Norman Hurwitz
Norman Hurwitz was a leader in the Armour packing strike in SouthStPaul. The December22,1933 report says his f...
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Carl H. Johnson
Released
Carl H. Johnson was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Gunnard Johnson
Released
Gunnard Johnson was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Hjalmaer Johnson
Released
Hjalmaer Johnson was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
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James Johnson
James Johnson was arrested with Wilber Hardiman in Minneapolis in June 1933 after the leader of a mob attempti...
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Orval Jordet
Released
Orval Jordet was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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Morris Kamman
Released
Morris Kamman was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for r...
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Sanna Kannasto
Sanna Kannasto was a Finnish-origin labor speaker jailed after a May 10, 1925 speech at Hibbing, Minnesota. Th...
G
George Karemchuk
George Karemchuk was among unemployed workers arrested after the February 25, 1931 Minneapolis relief demonstr...
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Karson
Karson, identified only by surname as the Communist Party section organizer, was arrested during the Ely prote...
M
Morris Karson
Morris Karson was a leader in the Armour packing strike in SouthStPaul. The December22,1933 report says his fi...
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Topias Kekkonen
Topias Kekkonen, also recorded as Tobias Kekkonen, edited Industrialisti, a Finnish-language newspaper support...
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Paul Kettunen
Released
Paul Kettunen, whose full name was Pauli Olavi Kettunen, was a Finnish immigrant detained for deportation over...
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Kiley
Kiley is named in the May 8, 1934 Minneapolis report among defendants sentenced for the April 6 CWA relief dem...
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Nathan Junho Kim
Awaiting Trial
Nathan Junho Kim is one of the Minnesota 15, a group federally indicted in June 2026 over organizing and demon...
M
Minnie Kohn
Released
Minnie Kohn was a Minneapolis WPA sewing-project striker jailed after the 1939 strike. She was the only woman...
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John Kos
Released
John Kos was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusi...
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William Kunstler
William Kunstler was a defense lawyer jailed overnight during the Wounded Knee trial.
Defense lawyer William...
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Irving Kurki
Released
Irving Kurki appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft and...
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Arvo Lapakko
Arvo Lapakko, nicknamed Little Bits, led a march toward the Ely jail to protest the arrest of speakers at a la...
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Ernest T. Carl Laub
Released
Ernest T. Carl Laub was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Fred Lequier
Fred Lequier was associated with the St. Paul Unemployed Council. A contemporary 1933 report states that he ha...
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Ron Lucas
Released
Ron Lucas was listed among imprisoned draft and conscientious resisters in contemporary CCCO reports from 1971...
Institutions in Minnesota
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Minnesota that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI SandstoneSandstone, Minnesota
21 cases
FCI WasecaWaseca, Minnesota
9 cases
Ramsey County District CourtSt. Paul, Minnesota
7 cases
U.S. District Court, District of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota
5 cases
White Earth Tribal Court
3 cases
Ramsey County JailSt. Paul, Minnesota
2 cases
Hennepin County JailMinneapolis, Minnesota
1 case
FPC DuluthDuluth, Minnesota
1 case