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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 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.
Carmen Valentín Pérez
Released
Carmen Valentín Pérez combined Puerto Rican nationalist politics with on-the-ground community work as an educa...
Linda Quint
Released
Linda J. Quint, later known as Emily L. Quint Freeman, was one of the Chicago 15. Police arrested her after th...
Michael Rabbitt
Michael Rabbitt is a Chicago Democratic committeeperson and anti-ICE activist. Federal prosecutors charged him...
Gary Rader
Released
Gary Eugene Rader was an Army Special Forces reservist who burned his draft card while wearing his Green Beret...
Martin Rasnick
Released
Martin Rasnick was a cloakmaker. Martin Rasnick was among the Chicago anarchists arrested in the September 6-7...
Harshita Ray
Harshita Ray was arrested during the August 2024 Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago and held i...
Christian Rea
Released
Christian Rea, 19, threw an explosive/incendiary device near a Naperville IL PD Special Response team vehicle...
Freda Reicher
Released
Freda Reicher was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ U...
George Reid (Nokomis defendant)
George Reid of Nokomis, Illinois, was individually named among ten leaders arrested June 3, 1934 during the Mo...
Ben Reitman
Released
Ben Reitman was an American anarchist and physician — the self-styled "hobo doctor" and "King of the Hoboes" —...
Victor Renner
Victor Renner of Panama, Illinois, was individually named among ten leaders arrested June 3, 1934 during the M...
John Vernon Riffe
Released
John Vernon Riffe was a coal miner and labor organizer who became a field director for the Steel Workers Organ...
Oscar López Rivera
Released
Oscar Lopez Rivera is a Puerto Rican Independista and political prisoner serving 70 years for seditious conspi...
Larry Roberson
Released
Larry Roberson was a Chicago chapter Black Panther Party member shot by Chicago police in July 1969, then held...
Eroseanna Robinson
Released
Eroseanna "Sis" Robinson was a Black Chicago social worker, recreational director, and amateur track athlete w...
Jocelyne Robledo
Released
Jocelyne Robledo was arrested during a September 27, 2025 protest outside the Broadview ICE detention facility...
Alberto Rodríguez
Released
Alberto Rodríguez was born in the Bronx in 1953 and raised in Chicago. He organized for Latino studies and stu...
Alicia Rodríguez
Released
Alicia Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican activist whose political outlook was shaped by community life in Chicago an...
Ida Luz Rodríguez
Released
Ida Luz Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican nationalist associated with community-focused activism, including involvem...
José Luis Rodríguez
Released
José Luis Rodríguez was one of four people arrested in the Chicago area on June 29, 1983 in a major FALN case...
Louis W. Rogers
Released
Louis W. Rogers was an American Railway Union director and Eugene V. Debs co-defendant in the federal contempt...
Félix Rosa
Released
Puerto Rican political prisoner held at Graham and Logan Correctional Centers in Illinois in connection with t...
Luis Rosa
Released
Luis Rosa emerged as a young organizer in Chicago’s Puerto Rican community, becoming active in student politic...
Michael Roz
Released
Michael Roz was among those arrested in the September 6-7, 1901 Chicago roundup after the shooting of Presiden...
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