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New Jersey
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 New Jersey.
148Documented
0In custody
133Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New Jersey
Where New Jersey’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 25
1910s 24
1970s 23
1950s 16
1960s 14
2000s 12
Documented cases
148 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
A
Adolf Wisnesski
Released
Adolf Wisnesski was a striker in the 1926 Passaic, New Jersey textile strike who was accused in the strike's "...
E
Edward Woodworth
Released
Edward Woodworth was a maritime striker imprisoned (inmate No. 19021) in the New Jersey State Penitentiary in...
B
Barry Wynn
Released
Barry Wynn was one of two co-defendants tried with the poet LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) for unlawful possession...
T
Thomas Yarkineas
Released
Thomas Yarkineas, of Jersey City, New Jersey, began serving a four- to ten-year prison sentence on June 14, 19...
Institutions in New Jersey
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New Jersey that appear in the census’s case files.
New Jersey State PrisonTrenton, New Jersey
15 cases
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for WomenClinton, New Jersey
14 cases
Essex County JailNewark, New Jersey
9 cases
New Jersey State Prison, TrentonTrenton, New Jersey
6 cases
Passaic County JailPaterson, New Jersey
5 cases
U.S. District Court, District of New JerseyTrenton, New Jersey
3 cases
FCI Fort DixFort Dix, New Jersey
2 cases
Bergen County JailHackensack, New Jersey
2 cases