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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 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.
Joseph Brinton “Brint” Dillingham
Released
Joseph Brinton “Brint” Dillingham was a Washington Free Press distributor and director of the Bethesda youth c...
William J. Dodge
Released
William J. Dodge was a member of the Socialist Labor Party from Buffalo, New York. William J. Dodge received a...
Heather Doyle
Released
Climate and anti-extraction activist from Maryland affiliated with the SEED Coalition (Stopping Extraction and...
Thomas A. Drake
Released
Former senior NSA executive who reported waste, fraud, and constitutional violations in the Trailblazer survei...
David Eberhardt
Released
Oberlin-educated Baltimore poet and secretary of the Baltimore Interfaith Peace Mission. On October 27, 1967 h...
Phil Frankfeld
Released
Philip Frankfeld was chairman of the Maryland-District of Columbia Communist Party and one of six defendants i...
Regina Frankfeld
Released
Regina Frankfeld was a Baltimore schoolteacher and Communist Party organizer prosecuted in the Maryland Smith...
Samuel Green
Released
Samuel Green was a free Black Methodist preacher and Underground Railroad agent in Dorchester County, Maryland...
Benjamin Gwinn Harris
Released
Benjamin Gwinn Harris was a Maryland congressman from St. Mary’s County and an outspoken opponent of the Civil...
Michael Herbert
Released
Michael Herbert was one of 22 Greenpeace activists federally charged after the September 12, 2019 blockade of...
John Hogan
Released
Hogan was one of the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic activists whose 1968 draft-records action became a...
Charles Hopkins
Released
Charles Hopkins — who adopted the name Mansa Musa after reading Malcolm X's writings on African history, rejec...
Charles Howard
Released
Charles Howard was president of the Baltimore Board of Police Commissioners. On July 1, 1861, after federal au...
Francis Key Howard
Released
Francis Key Howard was a Baltimore newspaper editor and a grandson of Francis Scott Key. As editor of the Dail...
Rev. James L. Mengel III
Released
Rev. James L. Mengel III was a United Church of Christ minister and Air Force veteran who joined the Baltimore...
Terrence Johnson
Released
Terrence Johnson was a 16-year-old Black youth in Prince George's County, Maryland who, per The Black Panther...
Orphan Jones
Orphan Jones, whose name was Euel Lee, was a Black farm worker arrested in Ocean City, Maryland, on October 12...
George P. Kane
Released
George P. Kane was Marshal of Police — head of the Baltimore City police force — at the start of the Civil War...
Shamai Kedem Leibowitz
Released
Shamai Kedem Leibowitz is an Israeli-American lawyer, civil-rights activist and former FBI contract linguist....
Tom Lewis
Released
Tom Lewis was a member of the "Baltimore Four", a group of antiwar protestors during the late 60s who poured b...
Neil McLaughlin
Released
Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Catholic Left anti-war activist. Indicted as a member of t...
Marjorie Melville
Released
A former Maryknoll sister and peace activist shaped by years of work in Guatemala, Melville joined the Catonsv...
Tom Melville
Released
Tom Melville was a former Maryknoll priest whose activism was shaped by experiences in Guatemala. He became pa...
John Merryman
Released
John Merryman was a wealthy Maryland farmer and lieutenant in a state militia secessionist company who was arr...
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