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Minnesota
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 Minnesota.
279Documented
9In custody
212Released
15Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Minnesota
Where Minnesota’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2020s 52
1910s 52
1940s 44
1930s 32
1970s 23
2010s 19
Recent dashboard entries from Minnesota
The newest published events and reporting located in Minnesota, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Court dismisses lawsuit over ICE treatment of Minnesota protesters
Other
Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
Prosecution
The DOJ is increasingly charging ICE protesters with criminal conspiracy
Arrest
She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door
Prosecution
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’
Prosecution
The 15 Direct Action Minnesota defendants plead not guilty to federal conspiracy charges over anti-ICE protests
Prosecution
Isabel Lopez receives time served after federal case resolves with one misdemeanor
Protest
Inver Grove Heights council meeting erupts after a data-center moratorium vote is delayed; mayor walks out
Documented cases
279 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
E
Ernest Theel
Released
Ernest Theel was listed among imprisoned draft and conscientious resisters in contemporary CCCO reports from 1...
T
Todd Thompson
Released
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) water protector charged with criminal trespass for the June 2021 Fire Light ceremonial ca...
T
Treasure Cay Thoreson
Awaiting Trial
Treasure Cay Thoreson is one of the Minnesota 15, a group federally indicted in June 2026 over organizing and...
A
Arthur Tiala
The Minneapolis report individually names ArthurTiala as jailed under$5,000bail for failure to register. This1...
J
John J. Toevs
Released
John J. Toevs was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
A
A. A. Toivonen
A. A. Toivonen was the business manager of Industrialisti, the Finnish-language newspaper supporting the Indus...
G
George Toteno
Released
George Toteno was a Minneapolis WPA striker imprisoned following the 1939 strike against changes to federal wo...
L
Leo Tuuri
Released
Leo Tuuri, later known as Leo Turner, was a Finnish American Young Communist League organizer in Minneapolis....
C
Cliff Ulen
Released
Member of the Alexandria raiding team in the July 10, 1970 Minnesota Eight actions. The only one of the eight...
H
Hannah Margaret Van De Water Davis
Awaiting Trial
Hannah Margaret Van De Water Davis is one of the Minnesota 15, a group federally indicted in June 2026 over or...
G
Glenn Van Ornum
Released
Glenn Van Ornum appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft a...
N
Nick Wagner
Released
Nick Wagner was a Minneapolis Local 544 union organizer. He was among the twenty-nine unionists and Socialist...
W
Walter Wangerin
Douglas identifies this St. Paul draft resister as arrested on June 7, 1917. Conviction followed on July 2 and...
I
Impe Wiitala
Young Communist League speaker Impe Wiitala was arrested by Ely city police chief Nankervis after police and c...
R
Roger Yule
Released
Roger Yule was listed among imprisoned draft and conscientious resisters in contemporary CCCO reports from 197...
Institutions in Minnesota
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Minnesota that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI SandstoneSandstone, Minnesota
21 cases
FCI WasecaWaseca, Minnesota
10 cases
Ramsey County District CourtSt. Paul, Minnesota
7 cases
U.S. District Court, District of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota
5 cases
White Earth Tribal Court
3 cases
Ramsey County JailSt. Paul, Minnesota
2 cases
Hennepin County JailMinneapolis, Minnesota
1 case
FPC DuluthDuluth, Minnesota
1 case