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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.

Bill Bricker
Released
Bill Bricker was arrested on April 5, 1973 during a Gay Activists Alliance sit-in at District of Columbia poli...
Howard V. Broenstrup
Released
Howard Victor Broenstrup was a Washington patent attorney associated with William Dudley Pelley and far-right...
Ernest Bromley
Released
Ernest Bromley was an American minister, Quaker and civil rights and peace activist. A founding member of the...
Bob Brown
Released
Bob Brown was an organizer and leader of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party. A federal grand jury in...
Louise Bryant
Released
Louise Bryant was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
Lucy Burns
Released
Lucy Burns was Alice Paul's closest collaborator in the National Woman's Party; suffragist who served the most...
Maria Butina
Released
Maria Valeryevna Butina, a Russian gun-rights activist and American University graduate student born in Barnau...
Jonathan Butler
Released
Jonathan Butler, age 29, of Washington DC, Greenpeace 28 - September 2019 Houston Ship Channel bridge rappel.
Joan Brown Campbell
Released
Joan Brown Campbell was an ecumenical leader arrested at the South African Embassy during a Free South Africa...
Amy Carter
Released
Amy Carter was seventeen when police arrested her on April 8, 1985 after she entered the South African Embassy...
Agnes Chase
Released
Agnes Chase was a botanist and a member of the National Woman's Party, one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisone...
Palys L. Chevrier
Released
Palys L. Chevrier was known as Dollee (March 14, 1878 - March 24, 1948). Palys L. Chevrier was a member of the...
Josephine Collins
Released
Josephine Collins was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
Sarah Tarleton Colvin
Released
Sarah Tarleton Colvin was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned...
Jacob Coxey
Released
Jacob Coxey was the Ohio businessman who led "Coxey's Army," the first significant march of unemployed America...
Gertrude Crocker
Released
Gertrude Crocker was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned durin...
Debbie Danielle
Released
Debbie Danielle was arrested inside the White House grounds on December 25, 1973 after she and Mitch Snyder cl...
L. J. C. Daniels
Released
L. J. C. Daniels was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned durin...
Jonathan Darnel
Released
Jonathan Darnel, 40, of Arlington VA, DC Nine co-defendant; livestreamed the October 22, 2020 Washington Surgi...
Edna Dixon
Released
Edna Dixon was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Released
Lavinia Lloyd Dock was the pioneer of American nursing — co-founder of what became the National League for Nur...
Stephen Donaldson
Released
Stephen Donaldson, born Robert A. Martin Jr., was a writer, bisexual-rights activist and advocate against sexu...
Mary Carroll Dowell
Released
Mary Carroll Dowell was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned du...
Daniel Drayton
Released
Daniel Drayton was a captain of the schooner Pearl, which in April 1848 attempted the largest single escape fr...

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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