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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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Mary Spencer
Mary Spencer was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Denzal Stewart
Released
Denzal Stewart, 24, was charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to a Chicago Transit Authority van dur...
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Ralph Stoltzmann
Released
Ralph Stoltzmann was president of the union leading the 1934 strike against the Chicago Motor Coach Company. T...
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Stanley Straukas
Stanley Straukas was an unemployed steel worker arrested at Riverdale, Illinois for distributing the Daily Wor...
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Frank Suchaczewski
Released
Frank Suchaczewski was a Progressive miner from Westville, Vermilion County, Illinois. He was jailed with John...
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Roscoe Sullivan
Peoria police broke up an Illinois Workers Alliance street meeting on July 21, 1936 and arrested speaker Rosco...
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Harold Sumlin
Harold Sumlin is individually named as arrested on April 17, 1970, in the Cairo parade incident. The chronolog...
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William Sweeney
Released
William Patrick “Bill” Sweeney was one of the Chicago 15 arrested after the group burned about 40,000 Selectiv...
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Elinor Swimmer
Released
Elinor Swimmer was arrested in Chicago in 1936 while walking home from a picnic with a Mexican friend and carr...
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John T. Heinrichson
John T. Heinrichson, vice-president of Painters Local 27, was reportedly kidnapped from his union meeting on e...
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William Taber
William Taber was an official of Chicago’s Amalgamated Street Carmen’s Union. Page 3’s February 3 dispatch rep...
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Steve Tandaric
Released
Steve Tandaric was a pioneer CIO steel organizer and a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who fought Franc...
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Donald Taylor
Released
Donald Taylor was a young Black man from Chicago's South Side and a member of De Mau Mau, an organization form...
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Lamar Taylor
Released
Lamar Taylor, 23, was charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to a Chicago Transit Authority van durin...
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Reuben Taylor
Released
Reuben Taylor was a young Black man from Chicago's South Side and a member of De Mau Mau, an organization form...
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Yonder Enrique Tenefe-Perez
The CBP report identifies Tenefe-Perez as the passenger apprehended during immigration enforcement in Chicago...
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Marie Tenove
Marie Tenove was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Company...
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Goldie Tessel
Goldie Tessel was individually named among eleven Chicago garment pickets arrested Wednesday, March 19, 1924....
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Charles Thomas (Stateville prisoner-rights litigant)
Charles Thomas was a Black prisoner at Stateville Prison in Joliet, Illinois, whose letter published in Worker...
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Leonard Thomas
Released
Leonard Thomas, 20, was one of the Carbondale 3 — Southern Illinois University students and Black Panthers arr...
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Elijah Thompson
Elijah Thompson was a Black worker held by Chicago police at the request of Alabama authorities seeking extrad...
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Steven Thompson
Released
Steven Thompson appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft a...
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Harvey Tibbs
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names Harvey Tibbs among defendants indicted in January 1920 for allege...
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Morris Tigerman
Morris Tigerman was one of four garment pickets individually named as arrested in Chicago on March 20, 1924. T...
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