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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.
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Robert Foulks
The July 1975 Black Community News Letter, Awakening of a Dragon, individually listed Robert Foulks in its "Wr...
E
Eddie Mumford
The July 1975 Black Community News Letter, Awakening of a Dragon, individually listed Eddie Mumford in its "Wr...
A
Allen (Baltimore seamen relief protest, 1934)
Released
Allen was identified by surname as one of five leaders of unemployed seamen arrested in Baltimore on September...
R
Richard H. Alvey
Released
Richard H. Alvey reported that he was arrested in his Hagerstown, Maryland office and committed to Fort McHenr...
G
George Armwood
George Armwood was a Black worker whom a mob removed from Princess Anne jail on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and l...
W
William T. Aud
Released
William T. Aud was from Montgomery County, Maryland. William T. Aud was sentenced to a year for aiding a woman...
J
John Barilla
In Exile
John Barilla was one of the Intrepid Four, four enlisted U.S. Navy sailors who refused to return to the aircra...
A
Archie Bayer
Released
Archie Bayer was a conscientious objector from Maryland imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
B
Betsy Banes Bell
Released
Betsy Banes Bell was prosecuted after students tried to intervene in campus police officers’ violent arrest of...
R
Rachel Berkowitz
Rachel Berkowitz was a union supporter arrested while picketing during the Baltimore dressmakers' strike, acco...
K
Kristen Betts
Released
Kristen Betts was arrested at the Andrews Air Force Base Open House on May 2000 for holding a banner and leafl...
A
Aubrey Bronson
Aubrey Bronson was a Black juvenile inmate of Cheltenham Reformatory in Maryland who was shot by a white priso...
S
Sherrie Brown
Released
Sherrie Brown was jailed during a 1969 Baltimore Panther confrontation with police. The Party reported the def...
J
Joan Burds
Joan Burds was a member of Baltimore’s Jonah House community who was jailed following the November 26, 1975 Wh...
G
George Butler
Released
George Butler was linked, in a recovered account from the Fort Delaware State Park series, with Wesley Shields...
M
Mark Caesar
Released
Mark Caesar was a free Black man of Charles County, Maryland. Mark Caesar was tried in 1845 as an "accomplice...
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S. P. Callahan
Released
S. P. Callahan was one of five Black Annapolis residents arrested on trespassing charges during a November 25,...
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Henry J. Carroll
Released
Henry J. Carroll was a Saint Mary's County, Maryland civilian arrested by federal agent L. C. Baker on Decembe...
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Mary M. Carroll
Released
Mary M. Carroll was one of five Black Annapolis residents arrested on trespassing charges during a November 25...
J
John Clark
Released
John Clark was jailed during a 1969 Baltimore Panther confrontation with police. The Party reported the defend...
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Lewis William Cohen
Released
Lewis William Cohen was a conscientious objector from Maryland imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Phillip Costes
The author identifies his cellmate as Phillip "Billy" Costes and describes him being beaten before being place...
J
James Cunningham
Released
James Cunningham, 40 at the time of Trident Nein, was a former lawyer who had given up a high-living legal pra...
D
Davis (Baltimore seamen relief protest, 1934)
Released
Davis was identified by surname as one of five leaders of unemployed seamen arrested in Baltimore on September...
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