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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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Will Roosien
Will Roosien was handcuffed and released during the September 7, 2025 Peace Park removal.
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Marguerite Rossette
Released
Marguerite Rossette was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned du...
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Patricia Rusk
Released
Patricia Rusk participated in the Assembly of Unrepresented People’s antiwar sit-down in Washington, D.C. She...
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Cecil E. Rust
Released
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
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David Sandeer
David Sandeer was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct stat...
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Edward Sayres
Released
Edward Sayres was captain and owner of the schooner Pearl, chartered for the April 1848 mass escape of more th...
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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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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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Isodore Singer
Isodore Singer was one of the individually named signatories of a protest from Washington’s First Precinct sta...
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Robert W. Sisson
Released
Robert W. Sisson was a railroad striker convicted with Maurice J. Sullivan on December 7, 1922, in Washington,...
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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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Maurice J. Sullivan
Released
Maurice J. Sullivan was a railroad striker convicted in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 1922, of assaulting m...
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Suskind (Washington anti-war demonstrator)
One of the four remaining defendants prosecuted following the March 26, 1932 anti-war demonstration at the Jap...
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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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Gertrude Thorp
Gertrude Thorp was secretary of the Washington Unemployment Councils. Page 3 reports her arrest during a campa...
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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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William Treanor
Released
William Treanor was a leader of the campaign against the proposed Three Sisters Bridge and the freeway system...
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Elsie Unterman
Released
Elsie Unterman was also recorded as Elsa Unterman and under her former married name Elsie Ramp. Elsie Unterman...
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Elsie Vervane
Released
Elsie Vervane was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
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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 Walmsley
Released
Bertha Walmsley was recorded among the members of the National Woman's Party jailed during the 1917-1919 campa...
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