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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.
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Hugh Davis
Hugh Davis, identified as being from Washington, was a youth already confined at Cheltenham Reformatory in Mar...
J
John W. Davis
Released
John W. Davis was a Baltimore police commissioner. On July 1, 1861, after federal authorities seized control o...
V
Victor Delly
Victor Delly was a 17-year-old defendant in the Baltimore prosecution surrounding the killing of Eugene Leroy...
R
Robert Douglas
Released
Robert Douglas was a Baltimore-area clergyman detained during the federal crackdown on Confederate sympathizer...
J
J. Edward Dudgeon
J. Edward Dudgeon was a member of Baltimore’s Jonah House community who was jailed following the November 26,...
G
Gregory Dunkel
Released
Gregory Dunkel was a former University of Maryland instructor and a prominent campus antiwar organizer. Police...
C
Charles Dutton
The author identified himself as Charles Rock Dutton and wrote from the Baltimore City Jail Inmate Liberation...
E
Edwards (Baltimore newspaper seller, 1932)
Released
Edwards, whose given name is not supplied, was one of two Daily Worker sellers arrested at an open-air Sociali...
W
William F. Kelly
William F. Kelly was a Committee for Industrial Organization organizer and former United Textile Workers offic...
J
Jakov Fesiuk
Jakov Fesiuk, also printed as Jakob Fesiuk, was taken into custody in the Baltimore Union of Russian Workers i...
R
Robert E. Fox
Released
Robert E. Fox was a conscientious objector from Maryland imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
T
Thomas L. Gaither
Named Maryland Penitentiary Intercommunal Survival Collective contact, prisoner number 115720. The collective...
W
William H. Gatchell
Released
William H. Gatchell was a Baltimore police commissioner. On July 1, 1861, after federal authorities seized con...
I
Isaac Gibson
Released
Isaac Gibson was a free African American of Caroline County, Maryland. Isaac Gibson helped an enslaved man nam...
W
William H. Gibson
Released
William H. Gibson was from Maryland. William H. Gibson was held without trial and released on the oath of amne...
F
Frank T. Grady
Released
Frank T. Grady was from Maryland. Frank T. Grady was held without trial; he firmly refused the oath and was re...
W
William G. Harrison
Released
William G. Harrison was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal swe...
H
H. Harvey
Released
H. Harvey was the national organizer of the Marine Workers Industrial Union. The Daily Worker of July 8, 1930...
H
Hugh Hazlett
Released
Hugh Hazlett was an Irish immigrant wood sawyer and Underground Railroad conductor in Maryland. On the night o...
C
Charles D. Hinks
Released
Charles D. Hinks was a Baltimore police commissioner. On July 1, 1861, after federal authorities seized contro...
L
Lawrence Huey
Lawrence Huey, identified as being from Baltimore, was a youth already confined at Cheltenham Reformatory in M...
I
Isaacs (Baltimore newspaper seller, 1932)
Released
Isaacs, whose given name is not supplied, was one of two Daily Worker sellers arrested at an open-air Socialis...
S
Shalaco Jackson
The author reports that Shalaco Jackson protested his beating and was himself taken from his cell and assaulte...
J
Jack Ivory Johnson
Released
Jack Ivory Johnson was a member of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party. On April 24, 1970 Baltimo...
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