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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
Arrest
Five protesters arrested after an anti-ICE march reached the Grand Rapids ICE field office
Arrest
Police report 22 arrests during an anti-Islam demonstration and counterprotest outside Dearborn's council meeting
Prosecution
Four pro-Palestine activists released on bond after FBI arrests
Prosecution
DOJ Targets Michigan Palestine Solidarity Activists With Federal Charges
Arrest
8 arrested in FBI raids related to pro-Palestine advocacy at University of Michigan
Protest
UAW Local 2093 strikes American Axle over stagnant wages
Protest
Hundreds marched in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in a nationwide general strike against the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis (no arrests)
Documented cases
334 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Carfon Foltz
The report individually identifies Reverend Carfon Foltz as still in Shiawassee County Jail under an unlimited...
B
Brian Larkin
Brian Larkin was individually identified as still in Shiawassee County Jail under an unlimited civil-contempt...
D
Dorothy Whitmarsh
Dorothy Whitmarsh was listed in Oakland County Jail in the ongoing Williams International blockade civil-conte...
K
Ken Jannot Jr.
Ken Jannot Jr. was individually listed in Shiawassee County Jail in the continuing Williams International bloc...
D
Dean Abbot
Dean Abbot was individually listed in Shiawassee County Jail in the continuing Williams International blockade...
B
Barb Wetula
The Williams International civil-contempt update individually reports Barb Wetula released at the end of Janua...
J
Jeff Schoonover-Higgins
Jeff Schoonover-Higgins was arrested April 4, 1985 after climbing onto the roof at Williams International in a...
J
Jacqui Schoonover-Higgins
Jacqui Schoonover-Higgins was arrested April 4, 1985 after climbing onto the roof at Williams International in...
M
Mary Girard
Mary Girard was arrested at Williams International January 17, 1986 and remained in jail through a January 22...
J
Jean Ann Campana
Jean Ann Campana was arrested January 17, 1986 at Williams International and held in jail until the January 22...
C
Carter Cortelyou
Carter Cortelyou was individually named among twelve people who went to jail after the December 3, 1984 anti-n...
D
Doug Hamm
Doug Hamm was individually named among twelve people who went to jail after the December 3, 1984 anti-nuclear...
M
Mike O'Neill
Mike O'Neill was individually named among twelve people who went to jail after the December 3, 1984 anti-nucle...
M
Maria Ringo
Maria Ringo was individually named among twelve people who went to jail after the December 3, 1984 anti-nuclea...
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Ralph Townsend
Ralph Townsend was individually named among twelve people who went to jail after the December 3, 1984 anti-nuc...
J
Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Smith was individually named among twelve people jailed after the December 3, 1984 Williams Internatio...
H
Helen Casey
Helen Casey was individually named with Mary Girard and Matt Goodheart as having actually served three days in...
D
Dunjovich
Dunjovich, whose given name is not printed, was reported jailed with Powers and Raymond in Pontiac on criminal...
M
May (Detroit unemployed council, 1931)
The November 9 report names May among two organizers arrested after police broke up an unemployed meeting at t...
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Shone (Detroit unemployed council, 1931)
The November 9 report names Shone with May among organizers arrested after police broke up a welfare-station u...
A
Addis Ababa
Released
Addis Ababa, also known as Dennis Paul Shillingford, was a Republic of New Afrika defendant. A federal appella...
G
Garland L. Alderman
Released
Garland L. Alderman was a Detroit political organizer associated with the National Workers League and a Michig...
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Farouk Ali-Haimoud
Farouk Ali-Haimoud was arrested individually in the Detroit investigation on September 17, 2001. The September...
B
Billy Allen
Released
William Allan, also reported as Billie or Billy Allen, was a Daily Worker correspondent, labor writer, and vic...
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