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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.

Doris Stevens
Released
Doris Stevens was an Oberlin-trained organizer (1911); served as executive secretary of the Congressional Unio...
John N. Sturdivant
Released
John N. Sturdivant was an American Federation of Government Employees leader arrested at the South African Emb...
Elizabeth Stuyvesant
Released
Elizabeth Stuyvesant was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned d...
Artur Tchibassa
Released
Artur Tchibassa, 47, FLEC member, was indicted September 25, 1991 in DC for the kidnapping of a Chevron employ...
Ralph T. Templin
Released
Ralph T. Templin was a former Methodist missionary in India and a cofounder of the interracial Harlem Ashram....
Eve Tetaz
Released
Eve Tetaz was a retired Washington, D.C. public school teacher who became a prominent peace-and-justice activi...
Ellen Thomas
Released
Ellen Thomas is an anti-nuclear activist associated with the White House Peace Vigil and Proposition One. She...
Iris Calderhead Walker
Released
Iris Calderhead Walker was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned...
Bertha Wallerstein
Released
Bertha Wallerstein was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned dur...
Jim Wallis
Released
Jim Wallis, born June 4, 1948, is an evangelical theologian, author and founder of Sojourners. He opposed the...
Frederick C. Weaver
Released
Frederick C. Weaver was a Howard University student, Washington Afro-American reporter and organizer of the 19...
Helena Hill Weed
Released
Helena Hill Weed was the daughter of U.S. Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill; Vassar graduate (1896); one of the fir...
Cora Week
Released
Cora Week was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the 1...
Camilla Whitcomb
Released
Camilla Whitcomb was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned durin...
Sue Shelton White
Released
Sue Shelton White was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
Margaret Whittemore
Released
Margaret Whittemore was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned du...
Anna Kelton Wiley
Released
Anna Kelton Wiley was known as Nan and recorded in contemporary sources as Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley. Anna Kelton W...
George Wiley
Released
George Wiley was the director of the National Welfare Rights Organization when police arrested him and twelve...
Joseph Winkowsky
Released
Joseph Winkowsky was a Young Communist League activist arrested with thirty-two other protesters at the Mexica...
Rose Winslow
Released
Rose Winslow was born Ruza Wenclawska. Rose Winslow was a Polish-born mill worker and organizer who became one...
Ellen Winsor
Released
Ellen Winsor was a Pennsylvania member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" impriso...
Mary Winsor
Released
Mary Winsor was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during the...
Stevie Wonder
Released
Stevie Wonder was one of forty-eight demonstrators arrested at the South African Embassy on Valentine’s Day du...
Roy Wood
Released
LeRoy H. Wood was the Communist Party’s Washington, D.C., district chairman. A federal jury convicted him in t...

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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