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Ohio
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.
195Documented
3In custody
189Released
Eras of repression in Ohio
Where Ohio’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 54
1950s 31
1800s 30
2020s 26
1930s 14
2010s 9
Documented cases
195 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Paul Jefferson Worth
Released
Paul Jefferson Worth was a conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Charles F. Zademack
Released
Charles F. Zademack, from Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced to five years, which was commuted to eighteen months...
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Louis Zuker
Released
Dr. Louis Zuker was a 63-year-old Cleveland optometrist who had come from Poland some fifty years earlier. In...
Institutions in Ohio
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Ohio that appear in the census’s case files.
Summit County JailAkron, Ohio
12 cases
U.S. District Court, Northern District of OhioCleveland, Ohio
4 cases
Licking County JailNewark, Ohio
3 cases
Elkton FCILisbon, Ohio
2 cases
Ohio State PenitentiaryYoungstown, Ohio
2 cases
Mansfield Youth Center
2 cases
Canton WorkhouseCanton, Ohio
2 cases
Kemper Barracks military prisonCincinnati, Ohio
1 case