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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 Ohio.
348Documented
5In custody
231Released
Eras of repression in Ohio
Where Ohio’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 83
1910s 66
2020s 40
1950s 31
1800s 31
1920s 23
Recent dashboard entries from Ohio
The newest published events and reporting located in Ohio, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Ohio grand jury declines to indict Cody Morelock over alleged destruction of a Flock camera
Prosecution
Keith LaMar speaks from Ohio death row after a three-year execution reprieve
Protest
Protesters rally against mail-in voting bill outside Ohio Statehouse
Other
FBI raids Ohio voting rights group
Other
FBI Raids Ohio Organizing Collaborative in Apparent Intimidation Campaign
Other
Ohio voting rights group facing criminal fraud investigation, sources say
Other
Ohio pro-democracy organization raided by FBI
Protest
Ohio protesters push for bill to make child marriages illegal
Documented cases
348 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Harry B. Riffel
Released
Harry B. Riffel was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court...
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Laurie Rizzo
Released
Laurie Rizzo was individually named among seven actually arrested and held after the April 17, 1984 General El...
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Natalia Robanhode Wyrd
Released
Natalia Gabriel Robanhode Wyrd is an Ohio resident and activist arrested in the early hours of July 4, 2022, d...
J
Jason Robb
Jason Robb was one of the five prisoners sentenced to death following the April 11–21, 1993 Lucasville uprisin...
B
Brandon Robinson
Released
Brandon Robinson, a bystander waiting to enter a friend’s apartment, was swept into the July 2022 Akron protes...
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Frank Rogers
Released
Frank Rogers was Cleveland secretary of the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union. The Daily Worker of July...
J
Jack Rohrer
Jack Rohrer, a restaurant server from Copley, was arrested while photographing and filming the July 2022 prote...
P
Phil Rothenbusch
Phil Rothenbusch is individually identified in the Ohio section among defendants convicted of conspiracy to vi...
F
Frank Royer
Released
Frank Royer was a conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing...
N
Norton Anthony Russell
Released
Norton Anthony Russell was an engineer from Yellow Springs, Ohio, prosecuted for refusing to answer the House...
A
Albert Schaffer
Albert Schaffer was arrested June 28, 1931 and held at St. Clairsville for allegedly inciting a riot while res...
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Mrs. Schaffer
Mrs. Schaffer was arrested June 28, 1931 and held at St. Clairsville for allegedly inciting a riot while resis...
C
Charles F. Schilling
Released
Charles F. Schilling was a conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
F
Fred Schneider
Fred Schneider is individually identified in the Ohio section among defendants convicted of conspiracy to viol...
A
Arthur Scott
Arthur Scott was a defendant in the Little Steel strike bombing prosecution in Warren, Ohio. He remained jaile...
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Ted Selander
Ted was named among four Toledo pickets arrested May 7, 1934 for deliberately defying Judge Stuart’s Auto-Lite...
C
Chester Seltzer
Released
Chester Seltzer, who wrote under the name Amado Muro, was a writer and World War II conscientious objector who...
A
A. V. Severino
A. V. Severino, a Cleveland Bricklayers Union member and labor activist, was arrested by federal authorities f...
P
Peter Siepka
Released
Peter Siepka was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-m...
A
Albert Simmons
Albert Simmons was one of five members of a Cincinnati unemployed-workers’ relief delegation arrested on Octob...
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George Skatzes
George Skatzes was one of the five prisoners sentenced to death following the April 11–21, 1993 Lucasville upr...
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Michael Skidmore
Released
Michael Skidmore was a 58-year-old retired state corrections officer and public-records activist in Mansfield,...
O
Oscar Smilack
Released
Oscar Smilack was cited for contempt of an Ohio un-American activities committee in Columbus after refusing to...
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Elmer Smith
Released
Elmer Smith was an Industrial Rayon Corporation striker in Cleveland, one of two defendants fined $200. Sander...
Institutions in Ohio
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Ohio that appear in the census’s case files.
Cuyahoga County JailCleveland, Ohio
21 cases
Summit County JailAkron, Ohio
12 cases
Camp ChaseColumbus, Ohio
6 cases
U.S. District Court, Northern District of OhioCleveland, Ohio
4 cases
Camp MansfieldMansfield, Ohio
4 cases
Hamilton City JailHamilton, Ohio
4 cases
Licking County JailNewark, Ohio
3 cases
Elkton FCILisbon, Ohio
2 cases