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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.

Maud Jamison
Released
Maud Jamison was a Virginia Silent Sentinel and one of the movement's longest-serving repeat prisoners. She wa...
Alfred Dunston Jr.
Released
Alfred Dunston Jr. was an African Methodist Episcopal bishop arrested at the South African Embassy during a Fr...
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Released
Jesse Jackson Jr. was twenty when he was arrested with his father Jesse Jackson and brother Jonathan after the...
Amy Juengling
Released
Amy Juengling was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
Elizabeth Green Kalb
Released
Elizabeth Green Kalb was born in Columbus, Ohio, and was living in Houston, Texas at the time of her arrest. A...
Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani
Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, also known as Reza Sarhang, is an Iranian citizen who was living in Montreal when a...
Rhoda Kellogg
Released
Rhoda Kellogg was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
Ada Louise Davenport Kendall
Released
Ada Louise Davenport Kendall was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" impr...
Marjorie Kendrick
Released
Marjorie Kendrick was arrested outside the British Embassy on July 5, 1943 while picketing for the release of...
Coretta Scott King
Released
Coretta Scott King was arrested at the South African Embassy while taking part in the Free South Africa Moveme...
Yolanda King
Released
Yolanda King was jailed on November 29, 1984 after she joined hands with other activists in the South African...
Beatrice Kinkead
Released
Beatrice Kinkead was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned durin...
Adam Kokesh
Released
Adam Kokesh is a Marine veteran and antiwar activist who later organized libertarian civil-disobedience action...
Hattie Kruger
Released
Hattie Kruger was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during t...
Art Laffin
Released
Dorothy Day/New Haven Catholic Worker and chronicler of the movement. He took part in the 1982 Trident Nein ac...
David Lasser
Released
David Lasser was an engineer, an early advocate of spaceflight and national president of the Workers Alliance...
Carol J. Lawson
Released
Carol J. Lawson joined the first recorded sit-in inside the White House on March 11, 1965, demanding federal p...
Harold R. Lefever
Released
Harold R. Lefever of York, Pennsylvania was arrested outside the British Embassy on July 5, 1943 while picketi...
Emanuel Levine
Emanuel Levine, also printed Emanuel Levin, was a war veteran and Workers Ex-Servicemen’s League leader arrest...
Dora Kelly Lewis
Released
Dora Kelly Lewis was a Philadelphia widow from a prominent family who became one of Alice Paul's earliest and...
George Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Liddy, also known as G. Gordon Liddy, was a former FBI agent and White House operative convicted...
Maud Malone
Released
Maud Malone was a New York librarian and longtime suffragist arrested on September 4, 1917 and sentenced to si...
Jean Marshall
Released
Jean Marshall, a Catholic nurse from Kingston, Massachusetts, and the sister of fellow defendant Paulette Harl...
Anne Martin
Released
Anne Martin was also recorded as Anna or Annie Martin and occasionally under the pseudonym Anne O’Hara. Anne M...

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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