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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.

Natalie Gray
Released
Natalie Gray was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during th...
Gladys Greiner
Released
Gladys Greiner was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
William Thomas Hallenback Jr.
Released
William Thomas Hallenback Jr. was also known as William Thomas and Doubting Thomas and maintained a long-runni...
Lauren Handy
Released
Lauren Handy is a Catholic anti-abortion activist who organized a coordinated October 22, 2020 blockade of the...
Ernestine Hara
Released
Ernestine Hara was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
Joan Hardy
Released
Joan Hardy was a young Baltimore activist and member of the Young Communist League. She attended the March 26,...
Paula Harlow
Released
Paulette "Paula" Harlow, a Catholic from Kingston, Massachusetts, and the sister of fellow defendant Jean Mars...
Louisine Havemeyer
Released
Louisine Havemeyer was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned dur...
Pamela C. Haynes
Released
Pamela C. Haynes joined the first recorded sit-in inside the White House on March 11, 1965, demanding federal...
Kate Heffelfinger
Released
Kate Heffelfinger was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
Jessica Henderson
Released
Jessica Henderson was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
Minnie Hennessy
Released
Minnie Hennessy was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
Anna Herkner
Released
Anna Herkner was a Baltimore child-labor inspector, a member of the National Woman's Party, and one of the "Si...
Elsie Hill
Released
Elsie Hill was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
John Hinshaw
Released
John Hinshaw, 67, of Levittown NY, DC Nine co-defendant in the October 22, 2020 Washington Surgi-Clinic blocka...
Julius Hobson
Released
Julius Hobson was a Washington civil-rights organizer and socialist arrested on July 10, 1970 for paying twent...
Mrs. L. H. Hornsby
Released
Mrs. L. H. Hornsby was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned dur...
Hazel Hunkins
Released
Hazel Hunkins was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
Julia Hurlbut
Released
Julia Hurlbut was a New Jersey National Woman's Party organizer arrested on July 14, 1917 for picketing the Wi...
Heather Idoni
Released
Heather Idoni, a Christian mother from Linden, Michigan, was one of the "DC Nine" convicted in the October 22,...
Mary Ingham
Released
Mary Ingham was a Philadelphia suffragist arrested on July 14, 1917 for picketing the Wilson White House for w...
Jesse L. Jackson
Released
Jesse L. Jackson was arrested with his sons Jesse Jr. and Jonathan after they linked arms and sang on the step...
Jonathan Luther Jackson
Released
Jonathan Luther Jackson was nineteen when he was arrested with his father Jesse Jackson and brother Jesse Jr....
Paula Jakobi
Released
Paula Jakobi was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during th...

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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