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Michigan

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 Michigan.

334Documented
1In custody
185Released
8Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Michigan

Where Michigan’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1930s 74 1980s 51 1910s 45 1920s 33 1950s 22 2020s 21

Recent dashboard entries from Michigan

The newest published events and reporting located in Michigan, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Prosecution

Michigan nurse charged with helping immigrant flee ICE custody

Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI · Reuters
Arrest

Five protesters arrested after an anti-ICE march reached the Grand Rapids ICE field office

ICE field office, 517 Ottawa Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, MI · The Collegiate
Arrest

Police report 22 arrests during an anti-Islam demonstration and counterprotest outside Dearborn's council meeting

Henry Ford Centennial Library, Dearborn, MI · Spectrum News
Prosecution

Four pro-Palestine activists released on bond after FBI arrests

Detroit, MI · The Michigan Daily
Prosecution

DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges

Ann Arbor, MI · Truthout
Arrest

8 arrested in FBI raids related to pro-Palestine advocacy at University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI · MLive
Protest

UAW Local 2093 strikes American Axle over stagnant wages

American Axle (Dauch) plant, Three Rivers, MI · WDIV Local 4
Protest

Hundreds marched in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a nationwide general strike against the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis (no arrests)

Ann Arbor, MI · Michigan Public
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Documented cases

334 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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Paul Rack
Released
Paul Rack was a conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusi...
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Tony Raffenaud
Tony Raffenaud was jailed for civil contempt after the June 11, 1984 anti-nuclear blockade at Williams Interna...
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Louis Ragni
Released
Louis Ragni was an Italian-born Detroit resident and father of two Marines who served in Korea. Immigration au...
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Howard Rand
Released
Howard Rand was a worker arrested in Battle Creek, Michigan, on November 24, 1935 for selling the Daily Worker...
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Earl Reno
The June 22, 1933 Detroit report names Earl Reno as arrested Saturday, June 17 while attempting to enter the H...
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Jack Reynolds (Detroit, 1925)
Jack Reynolds was taken to a Detroit police station during a 1925 protest at the Polish consulate against the...
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William Reynolds
William Reynolds was prosecuted for disorderly conduct after the Oakland County hunger march of October 15, 19...
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Kyree Lee Robertson
Released
In May 2020, Kyree Robertson participated in the Grand Rapids (MI) Riot as part of the Black Lives Matter prot...
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Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson was individually named in the Good Friday April 20, 1984 blood-and-cross protest at K. I. Sawyer...
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Tony Rodnisky
Tony Rodnisky, also printed as Robmisky, was arrested at Communist Party headquarters in Detroit. The 1920 con...
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Fritz Albin Romberger
Fritz Albin Romberger was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Detroit Immigration Station, Detro...
J
John Rosefield
Released
John Rosefield was one of the defendants actually arrested in Detroit on February 6, 1940, in the federal pros...
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Frank Rosetta
Released
Frank Rosetta was a Israelite House of David conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War...
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Charles Ross
Released
Charles Ross was a Israelite House of David conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I...
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Ted Rote
Page 3 reports Ted Rote, a Red Builder, arrested selling the Daily Worker on the picket line at the Winters an...
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William George Ruhnke
William George Ruhnke was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Detroit Immigration Station, Detro...
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Frank Russell
Released
Frank Russell was a worker arrested in Battle Creek, Michigan, on November 24, 1935 for selling the Daily Work...
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Carl Saari
Carl Saari was arrested when the sheriff and copper-company gunmen twice attacked an antiwar parade of 1,500 w...
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Rebecca Sacharow
Rebecca Sacharow was named among ten Communist leaders surrendering in the Bridgman criminal-syndicalism prose...
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E. J. Parker Sage
Released
E. J. Parker Sage was a Detroit organizer who founded the National Workers League in 1938. The group promoted...
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Phil Schatz
Released
Phil Schatz was a Detroit Communist Party organizer prosecuted under the Smith Act. A jury convicted him on Fe...
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Gunther Schmidt
Gunther Schmidt was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Detroit Immigration Station, Detroit, Mi...
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G. A. Schulenberg
G. A. Schulenberg was named among ten Communist leaders surrendering in the Bridgman criminal-syndicalism pros...
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William Schulz
Released
William Schulz was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...

Institutions in Michigan

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Michigan that appear in the census’s case files.

Federal Correctional Institution, MilanMilan, Michigan
6 cases
FCI MilanMilan, Michigan
3 cases
Bay County JailBay City, Michigan
3 cases
Michigan State Prison (Jackson)
3 cases
Wayne County Jail
3 cases
State Prison of Southern MichiganJackson, Michigan
2 cases
Marquette State PrisonMarquette, Michigan
2 cases
Detroit RRMMilan, Michigan
1 case
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