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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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Haniffa Bin Osman
Released
Haniffa Bin Osman was a Singaporean arms broker who acted as a middleman between weapons suppliers and the Lib...
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Samuel H. Pairo
Released
Samuel H. Pairo was from Baltimore, Maryland. Samuel H. Pairo was a young Baltimorean sentenced by Gen. Lew Wa...
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Michael Patschak
Released
Michael Patschak is a Maryland activist who participated in the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. On Decemb...
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Earnest Patten
Earnest Patten, identified as being from Baltimore, was a youth already confined at Cheltenham Reformatory in...
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Leonard Patterson
Leonard Patterson, a Black labor organizer, was arrested the morning of July 10, 1934 after speaking for solid...
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John Pendleton
Released
John Pendleton was a member of the Jonah House nonviolent resistance community in Baltimore and a two-time Plo...
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Charles H. Pitts
Released
Charles H. Pitts was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep...
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Solomon Porter
Released
Solomon Porter was from Maryland. Solomon Porter was held as a political prisoner and released on the oath of...
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James Powell
Released
James Powell was named as a jailed Baltimore Panther defendant in 1970.
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Tony Rada
Tony Rada was arrested during the Baltimore dressmakers' strike after asking police not to beat a fellow worke...
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Robert W. Rasin
Released
Robert W. Rasin was from Baltimore, Maryland. Robert W. Rasin was held as a 'prisoner of State' with, by his a...
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Francis A. Richardson
Released
Francis A. Richardson was from Baltimore, Maryland. Francis A. Richardson was the former editor of the Baltimo...
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Reinhard Rusli
Released
Reinhard Rusli, 35, Tamil Tigers ICE-sting defendant. 12 months federal prison + 24 months supervised release.
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Lawrence Sangston
Released
Lawrence Sangston was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates arrested in the September 1861 federal seizu...
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Claire Schaffer
Peace activist jailed for refusing to pay a fine following a Vitro Laboratories protest.
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Suzanne Schmidt
Released
Suzanne Schmidt was a mother, grandmother, and worker with people with disabilities who lived in the Jonah Hou...
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Harkins Scott
Released
Harkins Scott was a Maryland legislator arrested in the September 1861 federal sweep of the state legislature...
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Wesley Shields
Released
Wesley Shields was described in his own account as the first African American in Baltimore to volunteer for U....
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Karl Smith
Released
Karl Smith was 27 at the time of the Griffiss action and a member of the Jonah House resistance community in B...
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Raymond Smith
Raymond Smith, identified as being from Baltimore, was a youth already confined at Cheltenham Reformatory in M...
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Sherman Snyder
Released
Sherman Snyder was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from Maryland imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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Helmi Soedirdja
Released
Helmi Soedirdja, 33, Tamil Tigers ICE-sting defendant. 12 months federal prison + 24 months supervised release...
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James Statton
The author individually describes James Statton being attacked by guards on February 24, 1971 and charged with...
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C. Stevenson (Baltimore seaman, 1932)
C. Stevenson is named among seamen under arrest after the June26,1932 Baltimore waterfront clash during the Wa...
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