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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.
D
David O'Shea
Released
David O'Shea appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
G
Gustavus Ortell
Released
Gustavus Ortell appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
A
A. F. Pack
Released
A. F. Pack appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
H
Henry M. Paynter
Henry M. Paynter was a Presbyterian minister in Booneville, Missouri.
Marshall identifies Paynter as a Presby...
C
Conrad Peiper
Released
Conrad Peiper appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
T
Thomas Pendergrast
Released
Thomas Pendergrast appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Ge...
W
William Perkins
Released
William Perkins appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
R
R. D. Perry
R. D. Perry is identified in Marshall, a Booneville retired merchant, as one of five civilians seized with min...
H
Horace Petrie
Released
Horace Petrie appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
J
John Phelan
Released
John Phelan appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
W
William Thomas Pittard
Released
William Thomas Pittard appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marsha...
M
Midge Potts
Midge Potts was arrested during a 2012 nonviolent antiwar or antinuclear protest.
C
Charles Prentice
Released
Charles Prentice appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
R
Risdon H. Price
Released
Risdon H. Price appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
J
Jackson Quigg
Released
Jackson Quigg appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
A
Allen Randolph
Released
Allen Randolph was a Missouri labor militant jailed on a strike / sedition charge in 1936–37, defended by the...
W
William B. Redfield
Released
William B. Redfield appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal G...
R
Rayfield Rene Johnson
Rayfield Rene Johnson was a 22-year-old St. Louis drummer and poet who was arrested in September 1969 on a rap...
T
T. Reynolds
Released
T. Reynolds appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
J
Joseph Rickey
Released
Joseph Rickey appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
D
Dennis Riordan
Released
Dennis Riordan appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
T
Thomas Roach
Released
Thomas Roach appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
J
John Rodenberger
Released
John Rodenberger appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
D
Douglas Roemer
Released
Douglas Roemer appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
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