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Missouri
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 Missouri.
264Documented
4In custody
212Released
2Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Missouri
Where Missouri’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1800s 139
1910s 22
1960s 21
2010s 18
1930s 18
1980s 13
Recent dashboard entries from Missouri
The newest published events and reporting located in Missouri, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
Two residents arrested at a Springfield City Council meeting amid protests over Flock cameras
Arrest
Data-center moratorium protester arrested during a march from the Missouri Capitol to the Governor’s Mansion
Arrest
Dominic O'Connor arrested while protesting Columbia's Flock surveillance cameras
Prosecution
Video evidence clears activist of felony charge
Protest
St. Joseph residents pack a City Council meeting to protest a proposed data center
Protest
Protest, summit highlight divide over data centers in Missouri
Protest
Nurses at Research Medical Center to hold rally demanding immediate action on unsafe patient care conditions
Protest
Five arrested disrupting St. Louis mayor's State of the City
Documented cases
264 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Cecil Cheaton
Released
Cecil Cheaton appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
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Samuel B. Churchill
Released
Samuel B. Churchill appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal G...
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J. C. Clark
Released
J. C. Clark appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Robert Clark
Released
Robert Clark appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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Robert B. Clark
Released
Robert B. Clark appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
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William Clark
Released
William Clark appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Paul Cline
Paul Cline was a Communist Party district organizer named among those arrested in Kansas City.
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Larry C. Clonce
Larry C. Clonce was a federal prisoner confined in the START behavior-modification program at the U.S. Medical...
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Hugh Collins
Released
Hugh Collins appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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John C. Conran
Released
John C. Conran appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Thomas Cornell
Released
Thomas Cornell was a Socialist from St. Louis, Missouri. Thomas Cornell began serving a two-year prison senten...
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Jonathan Cowden
Released
Jonathan Cowden participated in Anonymous online actions supporting Palestinians. He served federal prison tim...
J
James F. Crawford
Released
James F. Crawford appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geo...
J
John Crofton
Released
John Crofton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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John A. Cummings
Released
John A. Cummings was a Missouri Catholic priest prosecuted for continuing to preach without taking the state's...
J
James Cummins
Released
James Cummins appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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John Dawson
John Dawson was a Trade Union Unity League secretary named among those arrested in Kansas City.
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Edward G. Day
Released
Edward G. Day appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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William Dill
Released
William Dill appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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Frederick Dohr
Released
Frederick Dohr appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Harry I. Doile
Harry I. Doile was a printer and Typographical Union member prosecuted in the Kansas City antiwar conspiracy c...
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J. M. Donnelly
Released
J. M. Donnelly appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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J. W. Draffin
J. W. Draffin is identified in Marshall, a Booneville lawyer, as one of five civilians seized with minister He...
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Thomas A. Dryden
Released
Thomas A. Dryden appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
Institutions in Missouri
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Missouri that appear in the census’s case files.
Saint Louis Military PrisonSaint Louis, Missouri
127 cases
U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri
6 cases
United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri
4 cases
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MissouriSt. Louis, Missouri
3 cases
Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson CityJefferson City, Missouri
2 cases
St. Louis WorkhouseSt. Louis, Missouri
2 cases
United States Medical Center for Federal PrisonersSpringfield, Missouri
2 cases
Missouri State PenitentiaryJefferson City, Missouri
1 case