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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
Other
White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool
Protest
Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC
Other
White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips
Protest
Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down
Other
CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban
Arrest
He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.
Prosecution
Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down'
Documented cases
370 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Bernard McCoy
Bernard McCoy was a Bonus Army veteran arrested at the Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue billets after the...
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Jack D. McIntosh
Released
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
J
Jessie W. McQueen
Released
Jessie W. McQueen joined the first recorded sit-in inside the White House on March 11, 1965, demanding federal...
C
Charles Metzdorf
Charles Metzdorf was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct s...
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Samuel Miron
Samuel Miron was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stati...
M
Martha W. Moore
Released
Martha W. Moore was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
B
Bernard W. Morgan
Bernard W. Morgan was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct...
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Dave Morris (Philadelphia bonus marcher)
The December 6 Washington dispatch explicitly reports the Philadelphia contingent member beaten by police and...
M
Mildred Morris
Released
Mildred Morris was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
A
Amicus Most
Page 3 reproduces his June 30, 1932 letter and identifies him as Socialist Party national organizer. At a perm...
J
John A. Mote
Released
John A. Mote was arrested for unlawful entry on June 21, 1969 after joining more than one hundred freeway oppo...
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Irvin Murray
Released
Irvin Murray was convicted with two other Black men of first-degree murder in the 1932 Logan Circle death of P...
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Louis Murray (Logan Circle, 1932)
Louis Murray (Logan Circle, 1932) was one of six Black youths prosecuted for murder in the 1932 Logan Circle c...
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Winnie Neal
The article’s sidebar individually names this woman with Sheila Ryan among those arrested in 1965 for the Whit...
H
Harry Newman
Harry Newman was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stati...
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Eugene E. O'Sullivan
Released
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
M
Margaret Oakes
Released
Margaret Oakes was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
J
John Olson
John Olson was a Bonus Army veteran arrested at the Third Street and Pennsylvania Avenue billets after the Jul...
B
Bill Owens
Massachusetts state senator Bill Owens joined Dick and Lillian Gregory in an anti-apartheid protest outside th...
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Frank Phillips
Released
Frank Phillips was arrested on February 17, 1930 while distributing unemployment leaflets outside the United S...
E
Edna Mary Purtell
Released
Edna Mary Purtell was a Connecticut member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imp...
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John H. Raffo
Released
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
L
Leroy Robinson
Leroy Robinson was one of six Black youths prosecuted for murder in the 1932 Logan Circle case in Washington,...
M
Mrs. George E. Roewer
Released
Mrs. George E. Roewer was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned...
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