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New York
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 York.
2,077Documented
25In custody
1,084Released
7Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New York
Where New York’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 715
1940s 176
1970s 173
1910s 169
1920s 165
1950s 161
Recent dashboard entries from New York
The newest published events and reporting located in New York, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Hundreds rally against ICE in Herald Square after Marble Hill shooting
Arrest
Five protesters arrested outside hospital after New York ICE shooting
Other
ICE officer shoots man during New York arrest operation
Other
Federal judge blocks ICE from arrests in New York courthouses
Arrest
Anti-Zionist Hasidic man faces deportation to Israel after US protest arrest
Arrest
Eight people arrested during an Evict ICE demonstration in downtown Buffalo
Arrest
NYPD arrests 104 people during protests against Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance at the United Nations
Other
Court imposes permanent protections against abusive ICE detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
Documented cases
2,077 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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William C. McCuiston
Released
William C. McCuiston was arrested on August 10, 1934.
Page 6 reports Buffalo police seized William C. McCuist...
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Charles T. McCumber
Released
Charles T. McCumber was a New York Anti-Renter convicted of second-degree robbery and sentenced to seven years...
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E. McDonald
E. McDonald was named as E. McDonald in the IWW’s partial Red Special deportation-detention roster. The report...
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Leon McDonald
Leon McDonald (printed alias Hodari) is individually named in the March 1973 Attica News roster of Attica upri...
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Walter McDonald
Walter McDonald was a seaman arrested after a confrontation at the Seamen’s Institute in New York in late July...
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Dyshika McFadden
Released
Dyshika McFadden, Miguel Ramos, and Tindal are accused of using an aerosol can and open flame to set fire to a...
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Jim McFarland
Jim McFarland was a seaman arrested after participating in a demonstration at the North German Lloyd against H...
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Otis McGaughy
Otis McGaughy, who signed as Big O and identified himself as prisoner 59097, was an Attica uprising survivor a...
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Jared McIntyre
Released
Jared McIntyre pleaded guilty in 2001 to one count of arson conspiracy related to ELF-claimed fires set at Lon...
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Malcom B. McJannet
Released
Malcom B. McJannet was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World W...
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Roy McKee
Roy McKee was individually named among Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory protesters arrested August 6, 1985 and t...
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Bernard J. McKeon
Released
Bernard “Barney” J. McKeon was born in County Leitrim, served in the United States Army from 1949 to 1951, and...
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Hugh McKiernan
Released
Hugh McKiernan was one of four Irish Workers’ Club members arrested and beaten by police on June 22, 1932, aft...
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James A. McMaster
Released
James A. McMaster edited the New York Freeman's Appeal. A State Department order dated September 14, 1861 dire...
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A. H. McMillan
Released
A. H. McMillan was from Brooklyn, New York. A. H. McMillan began serving a twenty-year prison sentence on June...
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Rose Medoff
Rose Medoff was a dress-strike picket arrested outside London Dress Company, 245 Seventh Avenue, New York. The...
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Josef Mehls
Josef Mehls was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February 2...
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Hans Meissner
Hans Meissner was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February...
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G. Melano
G. Melano was individually listed as an imprisoned needle-trades worker on the September 1934 ILD roster. It g...
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Clara Mendell
Clara was individually named among workers arrested during Saturday mass picketing of Brighton Beach bakeries...
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Fred Merchawk
Released
Fred Merchawk was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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Steve Merkel
Steve Merkel is individually named in the March 1973 Attica News roster of Attica uprising prisoner defendants...
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Pete Merta
Pete Merta was named as Pete Merta in the IWW’s partial Red Special deportation-detention roster. The report s...
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Stephen Mesarosh
Released
Stephen Mesarosh was arrested while distributing Trade Union Educational League leaflets near a Long Island ni...
Institutions in New York
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New York that appear in the census’s case files.
Ellis Island Immigration StationNew York, New York
215 cases
Fort LafayetteNew York, New York
201 cases
Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)New York, New York
21 cases
Attica Correctional FacilityAttica, New York
20 cases
Sing Sing Correctional FacilityOssining, New York
15 cases
Ellis IslandNew York, New York
15 cases
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New YorkNew York, New York
13 cases
Metropolitan Correctional CenterNew York, New York
10 cases