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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.

169Documented
8In custody
158Released
1Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Minnesota

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

1910s 43 2020s 38 1940s 29 2010s 20 1970s 11 1980s 10

Documented cases

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

Bryce Michael Williams
Released
On August 25, 2020 Bryce Michael Williams was indicted with co-defendants Robinson, Turner, and Wolfe on arson...
Branden Wolfe
Released
Branden Michael Wolfe’s arrest stemmed from the mass protests and unrest that followed the killing of George F...
Mena Yousif
Accessory after the fact to arson (helped husband Jose Felan flee); held ~7 months pretrial. Sentence: Time se...
Garrett Ziegler
Released
Molotov cocktails into Dakota County courthouse, Apple Valley (May 2020). Sentence: 60 months federal prison....
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Montez Terriel Lee Jr.
In Custody
Montez Terriel Lee Jr., 25, was charged with arson in Minneapolis, MN, after maliciously damaging and destroyi...
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Eddie Alberts
Released
Eddie Alberts was a Minneapolis WPA striker imprisoned following the 1939 strike against changes to federal wo...
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Bailey Marie Baldus
Released
On the night of May 28, 2020 Bailey Marie Baldus, 19, was caught on surveillance camera with co-defendants Mck...
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Nancy Beaulieu
Released
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) water protector and organizer charged with criminal trespass for the eight-day Fire Light...
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Brad Beneke
Released
Member of the Winona raiding team in the July 10, 1970 Minnesota Eight actions. Convicted Dec 3, 1970; as one...
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Erica Bouza
Released
Wife of then-Minneapolis Police Chief Tony Bouza. Became national news in April 1983 when she and 138 other an...
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Stanley S. Brandberg
Released
Stanley S. Brandberg was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martiale...
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G. D. Brewer
Released
G. D. Brewer appears in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions an...
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Allan S. Broms
Released
Allan S. Broms appears in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions...
A
Allen S. Broms
Released
Allen S. Broms was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
A
Axel W. Carlson
Released
Axel W. Carlson was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Richard A. Carlson
Released
Richard A. Carlson was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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Richard Connell
Released
Richard Connell was a Minneapolis WPA striker imprisoned following the 1939 strike against changes to federal...
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Charles Connors
Released
Charles Connors was a Minneapolis WPA striker imprisoned following the 1939 strike against changes to federal...
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Jake Cooper
Released
Minneapolis Teamster who served as one of Leon Trotsky's bodyguards at Coyoacán, Mexico for four months in 194...
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Ralph Core
Released
Ralph Core was a Minneapolis WPA striker imprisoned following the 1939 strike against changes to federal work-...
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George W. Crocker
Released
One of Minnesota's longest-serving energy and anti-nuclear activists, working since the late 1970s on energy-d...
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E.H. Daniels
Released
E.H. Daniels was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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S. K. Davis
Released
S. K. Davis was sentenced to 50 days in a 1934 Minneapolis relief demonstration case.
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Matthew DePalma
Released
Anarchist convicted of illegally possessing Molotov cocktails allegedly intended to be used at the 2008 Republ...

Institutions in Minnesota

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

FCI WasecaWaseca, Minnesota
16 cases
FCI SandstoneSandstone, Minnesota
13 cases
U.S. District Court, District of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota
8 cases
Ramsey County District CourtSt. Paul, Minnesota
7 cases
White Earth Tribal Court
3 cases
FPC DuluthDuluth, Minnesota
1 case
Ramsey County WorkhouseSaint Paul, Minnesota
1 case
ICE detention (Minnesota and Texas facilities)
1 case