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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 District of Columbia.
237Documented
6In custody
230Released
Eras of repression in District of Columbia
Where District of Columbia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 159
2020s 19
1980s 12
2010s 8
1800s 8
1970s 6
Documented cases
237 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Lawrence Scott
Released
Lawrence Scott was a Quaker organizer and former American Friends Service Committee peace-education director....
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Phoebe Persons Scott
Released
Phoebe Persons Scott was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned d...
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Ruth Scott
Released
Ruth Scott was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
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Lois Warren Shaw
Released
Lois Warren Shaw was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned durin...
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Mary Short
Released
Mary Short was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
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Ruth Small
Released
Ruth Small was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
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Jay Smith
Released
Jay Smith, 32, of Freeport NY, DC Nine co-defendant in the October 22, 2020 Washington Surgi-Clinic blockade....
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Kate Stafford
Released
Kate Stafford was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
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Artur Tchibassa
Released
Artur Tchibassa, 47, FLEC member, was indicted September 25, 1991 in DC for the kidnapping of a Chevron employ...
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Michael Tenorio
Released
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
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Marcia Timmel
Released
Marcia Timmel was a longtime member of the Olive Branch / Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in Washington, DC, and o...
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Elsie Unterman
Released
Elsie Unterman, also recorded as Elsa Unterman and under her former married name Elsie Ramp, was a member of t...
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Elsie Vervane
Released
Elsie Probst Vervane, recorded variously as Elsie Ver Vane, Elsie Vervaene and Elsie Von Vane, was a member of...
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Mary Walker
Released
Mary Walker was a National Woman's Party picketer arrested on July 14, 1917 for picketing the Wilson White Hou...
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Bertha Wallerstein
Released
Bertha "Betsy" Wallerstein Hutchison (May 25, 1899 - July 3, 1950) was a member of the National Woman's Party...
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Bertha Walmsley
Released
Bertha Walmsley was recorded among the members of the National Woman's Party jailed during the 1917-1919 campa...
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Mrs. William Upton Watson
Released
Mrs. William Upton Watson was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" impriso...
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Mrs. C. Weaver
Released
Mrs. C. Weaver was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
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Eva Weaver
Released
Eva Weaver was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
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Kate Winston
Released
Kate Winston was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during th...
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Clara Wold
Released
Clara Petra Wold (November 12, 1890 - 1923) was an Oregon journalist, a member of the National Woman's Party,...
Institutions in District of Columbia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in District of Columbia that appear in the census’s case files.
District of Columbia JailWashington, District of Columbia
7 cases
District of Columbia Department of CorrectionsWashington, District of Columbia
6 cases
Washington County JailWashington, District of Columbia
5 cases
War Tax ResistanceWashington, District of Columbia
4 cases
D.C. Central Detention FacilityWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Old Capitol PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Washington, D.C. JailWashington, District of Columbia
1 case