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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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Charles Rothfiser
Released
Charles Rothfiser, also recorded as Charles Rothfisher, edited the IWW’s Hungarian-language newspaper in Chica...
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Steve Rubicki
Released
Steve Rubicki was an International Labor Defense organizer arrested in Chicago on July 4, 1930 with seven dele...
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Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz
Released
Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz was arrested with Marimar Martinez after an October 4, 2025 encounter with federal imm...
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Elmer Rumbaugh
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names Elmer Rumbaugh among defendants indicted in January 1920 for alle...
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Sol Ruskin
Sol Ruskin was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company i...
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Mike Rusniak
Released
Mike Rusniak was imprisoned in Illinois for taking a police car and other acts of anti-government property des...
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L. C. Russell
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names L. C. Russell among defendants indicted in January 1920 for alleg...
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Jack Ryan
Released
Jack Ryan was a CIO organizer during the 1941 International Harvester strike in the Chicago area. When police...
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Jiesef Sabczak
Released
Jiesef Sabczak was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. C...
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Bertha Sadler
Bertha Sadler was individually named among eleven Chicago garment pickets arrested Wednesday, March 19, 1924....
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Eleanor Sadlowski
Released
Eleanor Sadlowski was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Worker...
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Clara Saifern
Clara Saifern is named in the November 25 Chicago dispatch among seven indicted by the Franklin County grand j...
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Thomas Saigh
Thomas Saigh was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Mike Salamon
Mike Salamon was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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John Saldino
John Saldino was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Mary Sales
Mary Sales was a sixty-five-year-old Illinois Workers Alliance member arrested for distributing Alliance leafl...
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Nuzzo Salvador
Nuzzo Salvador was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Compa...
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Ian Sampson
Ian Sampson, a Chicago amateur photographer, was detained overnight at the Broadview ICE facility after a Sept...
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John Sandgren
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names John Sandgren among defendants indicted in January 1920 for alleg...
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Manuel Santiago
Manuel Santiago was a Pontiac prisoner prosecuted over the July 1978 prison rebellion. The Pontiac Prisoners S...
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Irving Sarch
Irving Sarch was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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James Sayles
Released
Chicago man convicted with Henry Dee and sentenced to death (May 1972), then to two consecutive 220-to-440-yea...
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Scott Scelye
Released
Scott Scelye appears on incarcerated-person contact lists associated with political prisoner support efforts a...
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Eugenia Schlacter
Eugenia Schlacter was a Chicago garment striker named on the four-woman committee appealing for support on Mar...
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