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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.

370Documented
8In custody
294Released
1Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in District of Columbia

Where District of Columbia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1910s 158 1980s 41 1960s 33 1930s 30 2020s 23 1970s 20

Recent dashboard entries from District of Columbia

The newest published events and reporting located in District of Columbia, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Other

Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home

Washington, D.C. · Associated Press
Other

White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool

Washington, D.C. · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC

PubKey, Washington, DC · Newsweek
Other

White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips

Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down

Kennedy Center, Washington, DC · PBS NewsHour
Other

CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban

White House, Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Arrest

He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.

U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court, Washington, DC · The Washington Post
Prosecution

Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down'

The White House, Washington, D.C. · BBC News
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Documented cases

370 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

C
Cora Crawford
Released
Cora Crawford was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" arrested during the...
M
Michael Crille
Judy Willis’s report names this Pentagon antiwar demonstrator among those actually held at D.C. Jail after tra...
R
Ruth Crocker
Released
Ruth Crocker was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during th...
P
Prescott F. Dennett
Released
Prescott Freese Dennett was a publicist associated with the Islands for War Debts Committee and George Sylvest...
W
William Duke
William Duke was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stati...
T
Thomas Dunn
Thomas Dunn was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct statio...
H
Harry Duvall
Harry Duvall was one of six Black youths prosecuted for murder in the 1932 Logan Circle case in Washington, D....
W
Walter F. Eicker
Released
Walter F. Eicker was a 32-year-old former Marine, Detroit auto worker, and secretary of the Bonus Army’s rank-...
P
Pearl C. Ewald
Released
Pearl C. Ewald was a Quaker peace activist and Peace Action Center worker. She was imprisoned after the 1962 W...
B
Brotis Faulkner
Brotis Faulkner was a Bonus Army veteran arrested at the Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue billets after th...
M
Mike Ferner
Antiwar veteran Mike Ferner described overnight custody after the September 15, 2007 Capitol protest and thirt...
E
Ella Findeisen
Released
Ella Findeisen was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
R
Rose Gratz Fishstein
Released
Rose Gratz Fishstein was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned d...
D
D. D. Foley
Released
D. D. Foley was a Washington attorney who represented the father of an underage Union soldier and personally s...
M
Mrs. T. W. Forbes
Released
Mrs. T. W. Forbes was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
F
Francis Fowler
Released
Francis Fowler was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
G
Gil W. Fowler
Released
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
R
Rebecca M. Garrison
Released
Rebecca M. Garrison was from Joplin, Missouri. Rebecca M. Garrison was a member of the National Woman’s Party...
C
Carol Garvin
The article’s sidebar individually names this woman with Sheila Ryan among those arrested in 1965 for the Whit...
A
Anna Ginsberg
Released
Anna Ginsberg was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
R
Reba Gomborov
Released
Reba Gomborov was born in Kyiv and was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels...
W
William Goodman
Released
William Goodman, 52, of the Bronx NY, DC Nine co-defendant in the October 22, 2020 Washington Surgi-Clinic blo...
B
Bruce Grant
Judy Willis’s report names this Pentagon antiwar demonstrator among those actually held at D.C. Jail after tra...
M
Mrs. Francis Green
Released
Mrs. Francis Green was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned dur...

Institutions in District of Columbia

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in District of Columbia that appear in the census’s case files.

Old Capitol PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
216 cases
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
Washington, D.C. JailWashington, District of Columbia
5 cases
War Tax ResistanceWashington, District of Columbia
4 cases
D.C. Central Detention FacilityWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Carroll PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
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