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Illinois
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 Illinois.
718Documented
6In custody
382Released
Eras of repression in Illinois
Where Illinois’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1920s 169
1930s 134
1960s 70
1910s 69
2020s 64
1970s 61
Recent dashboard entries from Illinois
The newest published events and reporting located in Illinois, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
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Marimar Martinez sues federal government over Border Patrol shooting
Prosecution
Immigration judge finds Salah Sarsour deportable; his lawyers plan an appeal
Prosecution
Broadview Six prosecutor resigns, alleging U.S. attorney directed the failed felony prosecution
Protest
Federal agents mace 10 protesters outside the Broadview ICE facility; two are hospitalized
Prosecution
Broadview 6 grand jury transcripts released, showing alleged prosecutorial misconduct
Prosecution
Now-cleared ‘Broadview 6’ immigration protesters seek evidence of White House pressure to indict
Protest
Hundreds rally in Morris against a proposed hyperscale data center
Prosecution
Charges dropped against four Broadview ICE protesters over misconduct
Documented cases
718 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Victoria Cieslakiewicz
Released
Victoria Cieslakiewicz was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment W...
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Michael Clark
Released
Michael Clark was a young Black man from Chicago's South Side and a member of De Mau Mau, an organization form...
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Otis Clark
Otis Clark was one of five union miners tried at Marion, Illinois, for Howard Hoffman’s death in the Herrin af...
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Nicholas Conrad
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names Nicholas Conrad among defendants indicted in January 1920 for all...
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James Cook
Released
James Cook was a conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refus...
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James Cooper
James Cooper was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Florence Corn
Released
Florence Corn was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ U...
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Luba Corngold
The April 15 report names these workers as arrested during the police raid on Young Pioneer and Communist Part...
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Andrew Craig
Released
Andrew Craig was one of the Stateville Four, indicted in April 1977 for aggravated battery following the Janua...
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Donald M. Crocker
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names Donald M. Crocker among defendants indicted in January 1920 for a...
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James Crowley
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names James Crowley among defendants indicted in January 1920 for alleg...
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Jane Curtiss
Released
Jane Curtiss was a Communist Party petition solicitor who was jailed at Lewistown (Fulton County), Illinois in...
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Marcus Dahl
Marcus Dahl was among workers arrested at a Chicago street meeting at Belmont and Wilton Avenues in August 193...
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Joe Dallett
Joe Dallett was arrested on August 12, 1930 for speaking at a factory-gate meeting outside the Western Electri...
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Joe Damrowski
Joe Damrowski was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Compan...
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Max Danielevick
Released
Max Danielevick was a conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Alexander Darin
Released
Alexander Darin, local organizer of Friends of the Soviet Union in Chicago, was arrested with John Davis June...
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Arthur Davis
Arthur “Meshach” Davis was a Chicago Black Panther activist imprisoned in Illinois under inmate number C60520....
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John Davis (Chicago, 1933)
Released
John Davis was a Black Chicago worker arrested with Friends of the Soviet Union organizer Alexander Darin on J...
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Patsy De Rosa
Patsy De Rosa was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Compan...
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Camille DeRose
Released
Camille DeRose owned the Cicero, Illinois apartment building rented to Harvey and Johnetta Clark, a Black coup...
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Henry Dee
Released
Chicago man convicted with James Sayles and sentenced to death (May 1972), then resentenced to two consecutive...
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Leon Dent
Released
Leon Dent was a member of the Black Liberators in St. Louis. Police stopped Dent and Charles Koen for a broken...
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Frances Dispensa
Frances Dispensa was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Com...
Institutions in Illinois
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Illinois that appear in the census’s case files.
Cook County JailChicago, Illinois
58 cases
Chicago police lockupChicago, Illinois
9 cases
MCC ChicagoChicago , Illinois
8 cases
Woodstock Jail (McHenry County)
7 cases
Southern Illinois Penitentiary, ChesterChester, Illinois
6 cases
FCI Pekin Satellite CampPekin, Illinois
5 cases
USP MarionMarion, Illinois
5 cases
FCI PekinPekin, Illinois
4 cases