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Connecticut
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 Connecticut.
194Documented
1In custody
121Released
Eras of repression in Connecticut
Where Connecticut’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1960s 54
1980s 48
1930s 29
1970s 13
1910s 11
1950s 10
Recent dashboard entries from Connecticut
The newest published events and reporting located in Connecticut, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Immigrant-rights advocates rally outside Meriden courthouse after ICE arrest
Protest
A rally in Middletown after ICE arrests a nursing student near the courthouse
Protest
Dozens rally at City Hall against US military action in Iran
Protest
Nine climate activists arrested in a sit-in at Gov. Lamont's office
Arrest
Climate activists arrested in Gov. Lamont's office over a gas pipeline
Protest
No Kings rally gathers at the Stamford courthouse
Protest
A New Britain City Hall rally after an East Street car wash ICE raid
Protest
Katherine Hinds arrested over anti-Trump banners on Connecticut highway overpasses; all charges later dropped
Documented cases
194 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Ahmad Khalil Elshazly
In Custody
Ahmad Khalil Elshazly was arrested on December 15, 2019 after an FBI operation concerning his plan to travel t...
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Steven Miller
Steven Miller was individually named with John Bach among three canoe protesters arrested at the USS Florida c...
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Valerie Sklarevsky
Valerie Sklarevsky was arrested during the June 18, 1983 USS Florida christening protest in Groton after reach...
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Liz Davidson
Liz Davidson was individually named with Russ Ford and Michael Wehle in a June 20, 1983 blood-pouring protest...
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Elaine Martin
Elaine Martin was jailed for two weeks following the October 15, 1983 protest against the commissioning of the...
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Ron Krom
Ron Krom began actually serving a thirty-day jail sentence immediately after a November 9, 1983 hearing concer...
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Peter Carmen
Peter Carmen began actually serving a thirty-day jail sentence immediately after a November 9, 1983 hearing co...
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Mike Mather
Mike Mather began actually serving a thirty-day jail sentence immediately after a November 9, 1983 hearing con...
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Rob Whiffen
Rob Whiffen began actually serving a thirty-day jail sentence immediately after a November 9, 1983 hearing con...
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Theresa Allen
Theresa Allen was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served t...
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Peter Holladay
Peter Holladay was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served...
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Dan Lawrence
Dan Lawrence was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served tw...
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Daniel Sirhan
Daniel Sirhan was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served t...
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Jeffrey Spalter
Jeffrey Spalter was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served...
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George Thompson
George Thompson was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served...
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Ann McGrath
Ann McGrath was among the Women of Faith arrested April 11, 1985 at General Dynamics Eastern Data Systems in N...
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Deirdre Doran
Deirdre Doran was individually named among the January 25, 1986 USS Alaska commissioning protesters who remain...
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Gina Dean
Gina Dean was individually named among the January 25, 1986 USS Alaska commissioning protesters who remained i...
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John Langford
John Langford was individually named among the January 25, 1986 USS Alaska commissioning protesters who remain...
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Irene Sadek
Irene Sadek was individually named among the January 25, 1986 USS Alaska commissioning protesters who remained...
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Renard Thompson
Renard Thompson was individually named among the January 25, 1986 USS Alaska protesters still in jail on Febru...
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Danielle Hickney
Danielle Hickney is individually named among the six convicted February 4, 1986 for creating a public disturba...
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Carl Siciliano
Carl Siciliano is individually named among the six convicted February 4, 1986 for creating a public disturbanc...
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John Richardson
John Richardson is individually named among the six convicted February 4, 1986 for creating a public disturban...
Institutions in Connecticut
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Connecticut that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI DanburyDanbury, Connecticut
21 cases
Federal Correctional Institution, DanburyDanbury, Connecticut
14 cases
New Haven County JailNew Haven, Connecticut
9 cases
Carl Robinson Correctional InstitutionEnfield, Connecticut
4 cases
Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic (state prison for women)Niantic, Connecticut
4 cases
General Dynamics Electric Boat (USS Florida) — Trident Nein
3 cases
Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London (USS Pennsylvania) — Thames River Plowshares
2 cases
Litchfield GaolLitchfield, Connecticut
2 cases