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Maryland
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 Maryland.
193Documented
4In custody
151Released
2Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Maryland
Where Maryland’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1800s 51
1970s 33
1960s 28
1930s 25
1980s 14
1910s 9
Recent dashboard entries from Maryland
The newest published events and reporting located in Maryland, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Rep. Andy Harris Threatens Journalist With Potential Criminal Charges for Recording Him
Other
Attorney says Air Force Maj. Jason Watson remains in round-the-clock solitary confinement
Prosecution
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia deportation hearing canceled in Greenbelt
Protest
Protesters hit Hagerstown to protest major data center proposed for city
Protest
ICE agents use batons during a confrontation with protesters in Frederick’s Tasker’s Chance neighborhood
Other
Sonny Rollins Lived to See Justice for His Wrongly Convicted Father
Prosecution
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to a Salvadoran prison in an admitted error, was returned to the U.S. and indicted on smuggling charges; a judge dismissed the case in May 2026 as a vindictive prosecution
Protest
Thousands rally against Trump and an ICE detention center in Hagerstown
Documented cases
193 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Donta Betts
In Custody
Black Baltimore 20-year-old federally convicted for his role in the April 2015 Freddie Gray uprising — specifi...
Clift Seferlis
In Custody
Clift Seferlis mailed dozens of threatening letters and postcards to Jewish institutions, many referring to Is...
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr.
In Custody
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr. was arrested at Baltimore-Washington International Airport on October 14, 2024 after i...
William Andrews
William "Omar" Andrews was a member of the Baltimore Black Panther Party who helped open its West Baltimore of...
George Armistead Appleton
Released
George Armistead Appleton was a Baltimore civilian detained without charge during the federal suppression of s...
Carolyn Banks
Released
Carolyn Banks was arrested in Mount Rainier, Maryland on July 23, 1966 after she and Carroll Carrozza seized a...
Ellen Barfield
Released
Ellen Barfield is a U.S. Army veteran (she served as a military police officer at the Defense Language Institu...
Jon Bayless
Released
Jonathan “Jon” Bayless was seventeen when he joined the Silver Spring Three in destroying Selective Service re...
Les Bayless
Released
A young layperson (age 22) living at the 'Blair House' commune near the draft board, Les Bayless was one of th...
Dorothy Rose Blumberg
Released
Dorothy Rose Blumberg was one of the six Maryland Communist Party leaders arrested under the Smith Act in 1951...
Kathy Boylan
Released
Kathy Boylan is a longtime peace activist with Jonah House in Baltimore and a member of the Atlantic Life Comm...
Michael Bransome
Released
A layperson (age 18) living at the Blair House commune, Bransome was one of the three who destroyed several hu...
Maurice Braverman
Released
Maurice L. Braverman was a Baltimore labor and civil-liberties lawyer who became one of the most prominent leg...
George William Brown
Released
George William Brown was Mayor of Baltimore (1860-1861) at the outbreak of the Civil War. He is most associate...
Allen Bullock
Released
Black teenage Baltimore protester whose photograph smashing a Baltimore Police Department patrol car windshiel...
Richard Bennett Carmichael
Released
Richard Bennett Carmichael was a Maryland circuit-court judge who, from the bench, denounced the arbitrary arr...
Joe Carroll
Released
Joe Carroll was prosecuted under World War I–era wartime speech statutes (chiefly the Espionage Act or Seditio...
Carroll Carrozza
Released
Carroll Carrozza was arrested in Mount Rainier, Maryland on July 23, 1966 after she and Carolyn Banks seized a...
Joan Cavanagh
Released
Joan Cavanagh was an antiwar and anti-nuclear activist associated with Baltimore resistance communities and a...
William Chaplin
Released
William Chaplin was an Underground Railroad operative associated with the Liberty Party and the Albany Vigilan...
Marshall Conway
Released
Marshall "Eddie" Conway was a leader of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party who spent roughly 44...
Susan Crane
Released
Susan Crane is widely described as a long-running anti-nuclear resister whose activism has relied on civil dis...
Marc Cullen
Released
Marc Cullen was a University of Maryland student arrested after an antiwar rally on May 10, 1972. Campus polic...
David Darst
Released
David Darst, born James Darst, was a Christian Brother and member of the Catonsville Nine. He joined the May 1...
Institutions in Maryland
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Maryland that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort McHenryBaltimore, Maryland
92 cases
Maryland PenitentiaryBaltimore, Maryland
6 cases
Kent County Detention CenterChestertown, Maryland
5 cases
Baltimore City JailBaltimore, Maryland
5 cases
Calvert County Detention CenterPrince Frederick, Maryland
5 cases
Charles County Detention CenterLa Plata, Maryland
3 cases
FCI CumberlandCumberland, Maryland
2 cases
Washington, DC RRMAnnapolis Junct, Maryland
1 case