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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 Delaware.
53Documented
0In custody
37Released
Eras of repression in Delaware
Where Delaware’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1800s 24
1970s 9
1920s 8
1930s 7
1910s 4
2020s 1
Recent dashboard entries from Delaware
The newest published events and reporting located in Delaware, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Delaware General Assembly passes HB 182, banning local police 287(g) agreements with ICE
Other
Police tracked anti-data-center speech as extremism
Protest
An ICE Out For Good protest along Concord Pike at the First Unitarian Church
Protest
Indivisible Southern Delaware holds an anti-ICE protest honoring Renée Good
Protest
Up to 300 rally outside the Buffalo ICE office after the Minneapolis shooting
Protest
Thousands across Delaware rally for the No Kings day of protest
Protest
Newark joins the nationwide No Kings protest at UD North Green
Protest
Six Red Rose Rescue activists arrested at a Delaware County abortion clinic
Documented cases
53 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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William H. Griffith
Released
William H. Griffith was held without trial, fearing indefinite detention 'for the war,' and released on the oa...
W
Wilson Harris
Wilson Harris was one of seven people arrested during the Kiamensi Woolen repair workers’ strike at Wilmington...
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Henry C. Hearne
Released
Henry C. Hearne was from Sussex County, Delaware. Henry C. Hearne was one of six Sussex County, Delaware citiz...
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Patrick H. Hearne
Released
Patrick H. Hearne was from Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. Patrick H. Hearne was one of six Sussex County, De...
C
Carl Vincent Henry
Released
One of the 'Smyrna 7' found guilty in Sept. 1976 of escape-related charges at the Delaware Correctional Center...
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John Hill
John Hill was one of seven people arrested during the Kiamensi Woolen repair workers’ strike at Wilmington, De...
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William H. Hitch
Released
William H. Hitch was from Sussex County, Delaware. William H. Hitch was one of six Sussex County, Delaware cit...
C
Curtis Jordan
Released
One of the 'Smyrna 7' at the Delaware Correctional Center who, per the defense committee in The Black Panther...
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Oscar Jordan
Released
One of the 'Smyrna 7' brothers at the Delaware Correctional Center who, per the defense committee in The Black...
A
Anna Krause
Page 7 reports John Adams and Anna Krause arrested a few days earlier in Wilmington for attempting to show the...
H
Henry W. Long
Released
Henry W. Long was from Sussex County, Delaware. Henry W. Long was an outspoken Southern sympathizer arrested a...
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Muda Mangazda
The newspaper reports that Mangazda was thrown through glass doors by a plainclothes officer after a racist re...
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Esther Markizon
Esther Markizon was individually named as arrested during the Wilmington Communist campaign meeting and taken...
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Tapson A. Mawere
The newspaper identifies Mawere as ZANU’s chief representative in the United States. It reports that he was ar...
B
B. H. McCown
Released
B. H. McCown was from Smyrna, Delaware. B. H. McCown was a Smyrna dentist of strong Southern sympathies who ci...
C
Charles E. McPherson
Released
Charles E. McPherson was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-marti...
J
John Molford
John Molford was arrested after asking a welfare agent in Dover, Delaware, for coal. According to the Daily Wo...
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Ronald Payne
Released
One of the 'Smyrna 7,' Black prisoners at the Delaware Correctional Center prosecuted over a May 1976 escape a...
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William Powell
Released
William Powell was a Black worker arrested and beaten by Wilmington police during their attack on Hunger March...
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Frank A. Price
Released
Frank A. Price was from Delaware. Frank A. Price was one of the Delaware 'politicals,' whose trunk and clothin...
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William C. Rust
Released
William C. Rust was from Sussex County, Delaware. William C. Rust was one of six Sussex County, Delaware citiz...
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Henry Sack
Released
Henry Sack was listed as a resident of the Confederate States and tried in May 1864 as a political prisoner co...
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Leon Saginov
Leon Saginov was arrested when Wilmington police attacked an open-air meeting of Hunger Marchers traveling to...
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Wilbur Shabazz
Released
One of the 'Smyrna 7' convicted of escape-related charges at the Delaware Correctional Center; The Black Panth...
Institutions in Delaware
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Delaware that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort DelawareDelaware City, Delaware
60 cases
Delaware Correctional CenterSmyrna, Delaware
6 cases
New Castle County Workhouse
5 cases
James T. Vaughn Correctional CenterSmyrna, Delaware
1 case