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Nevada
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 Nevada.
17Documented
0In custody
16Released
Eras of repression in Nevada
Where Nevada’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2020s 8
1990s 3
1910s 2
1900s 2
1980s 1
1920s 1
Documented cases
17 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Carrie Dann
Released
Carrie Dann was a Western Shoshone rancher and land-rights leader who, with her sister Mary, refused to pay fe...
Mary Dann
Released
Mary Dann was a Western Shoshone rancher who, with her younger sister Carrie, led decades of resistance to fed...
Ivan Ferguson
Released
Ivan James Ferguson, 23, is a classical clarinetist from Henderson, Nevada who graduated from the San Francisc...
Vincent Saint John
Released
Vincent Saint John was a leading organizer and administrator of the Industrial Workers of the World, championi...
Morrie R. Preston
Released
Morrie R. Preston was a young IWW-aligned restaurant cook in Goldfield, Nevada who, during the bitter 1907 Gol...
Kathleen Rumpf
Released
Kathleen Rumpf born September 1, 1951. Catholic Worker peace activist. Arrested over 100 times; participated i...
Edgar Samaniego
Shot and paralyzed a Las Vegas police officer during June 2020 protest; attempted murder. Sentence: 20-50 year...
Joseph W. Smith
Released
Joseph W. Smith was the co-defendant of Morrie R. Preston in the 1907 Goldfield, Nevada frame-up that grew out...
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Alejandro Avalos
Released
Alejandro Avalos, 28, was charged with depredation against U.S. property after a May 30, 2020 demonstration in...
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Ricardo Densmore
Released
Ricardo Densmore, 24, of Las Vegas was charged with co-defendants Tyree Walker and Devarian Haynes for conspir...
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Devarian Haynes
Released
Devarian Haynes, 23, of Las Vegas was charged with co-defendants Tyree Walker and Ricardo Densmore for conspir...
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J. Emma Martin
Released
J. Emma Martin began serving her prison sentence on July 31, 1918, in the Carson City (Nevada) Jail (DOJ Docke...
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Michael Glen Mathias
Released
Michael Glen Mathias was indicted in March 1995 on federal charges arising from the bombing of an outhouse on...
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Keith Leroy Moreno
Released
On May 30, 2020 in Reno, NV, Keith Leroy Moreno, 27, threw a cigarette receptacle and rocks at the first floor...
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Al Shidler
Released
Al Shidler, a Socialist from Tonopah, Nevada, began serving a two-year prison sentence on July 15, 1918, in Mc...
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Tyree Walker
Released
Tyree Walker, 23, was charged in Las Vegas, NV with conspiracy to commit arson and arson with co-defendants De...
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Jeanette Renee Wallace
Released
Jeanette Wallace, 24, was charged with depredation against U.S. property after the May 30, 2020 protest in Las...
Institutions in Nevada
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Nevada that appear in the census’s case files.
Nevada State PrisonCarson City, Nevada
2 cases
U.S. District Court, District of NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada
2 cases