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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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Sophie Horinstein
Released
Sophie Horinstein was a 17-year-old Detroit activist detained for distributing meeting leaflets. The Daily Wor...
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Unto Immonen
Released
Unto Immonen was a physical-education instructor at a children’s summer camp near Eben Junction, Michigan. He...
H
Henry J. Salzman
Henry J. Salzman, an invalid former serviceman, was named among nine unemployed demonstrators beaten and arres...
H
Henry D. Jackson Jr.
Released
Henry D. Jackson Jr. was a Detroit man who, with Louis Cale (also known as Louis Moore) and Melvin Cale, carri...
M
Marietta Jaeger
Marietta Jaeger is individually named among four taken into custody August 9, 1983 at Williams International i...
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Leslie Emil Janke
Released
Leslie Emil Janke was a conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
A
Anthony Jankowski
Anthony Jankowski was arrested at a closed meeting of Communist Party Branch No. 3 in Detroit. The 1920 congre...
R
Ronald Jordan
Released
Ronald Jordan was one of the "Livernois 5," five young Black men swept up in a Detroit police dragnet after th...
J
Johann George Kellermann
Johann George Kellermann was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Detroit Immigration Station, De...
J
Jane Anne Kennedy
Released
A nurse and nursing educator with a master's degree, the oldest Beaver 55 member. She took part in scrambling...
W
William Kidwell
The Jackson report prints Wm.Kidwell among men arrested for circulation of anti-draft literature. No imposed t...
F
Frank Kirchel
Frank Kirchel was named with A. W. Mills and Steve Miller among five arrested when police broke up the Hands O...
B
Benjamin Kopp
Released
Benjamin Kopp was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Co...
A
Ahmet Kerem Korkaya
Awaiting Trial
Ahmet Kerem Korkaya is one of eight Palestine-solidarity activists federally indicted in May 2026 over a Unive...
P
Peter Kowal
Released
Peter Kowal was one of the defendants actually arrested in Detroit on February 6, 1940, in the federal prosecu...
E
Erwin Kowalski
Erwin Kowalski was among workers arrested at or before the Grand Rapids August 1, 1929 antiwar meeting. The re...
J
John Krehbiel
John Krehbiel was jailed for refusing probation conditions after a Williams International anti-nuclear protest...
M
Martin Kuisto
The August 7 report describes their arrest at the Ironwood August First meeting: Anderson was pulled down whil...
D
Daniel LaGrou
Daniel LaGrou is individually named among the five Williams International peace resisters arrested Good Friday...
H
Helen LaValley
Released
Catholic peace activist and Plowshares disarmament participant arrested in Michigan and held at the Bay County...
M
Matwej Labicki
Matwej Labicki, also printed as Matthew Labicki, was arrested at Union of Russian Workers headquarters in Port...
D
Douglas Lane
Released
Douglas Lane was one of the "Livernois 5," five young Black men swept up in a Detroit police dragnet after the...
R
Russel Lane
Russel Lane was arrested at strike picketing in Detroit on the morning of January 24, 1933. The January 25 Dai...
A
Al Larcinese
Released
On December 12, 1977, U.S. District Judge John Feikens sentenced seven auto workers — "the Trenton 7" — to a w...
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