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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.
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James Bartlett (Minneapolis CWA defendant)
James Bartlett was a Young Communist League activist prosecuted following the April 6, 1934 Minneapolis Civil...
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James Bartlett (Minneapolis CWA defendant, 1934)
The May 8, 1934 Minneapolis report names James Bartlett among defendants sentenced for the April 6 CWA relief...
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Dustin Scott Beisell
Awaiting Trial
Dustin Scott Beisell is one of the Minnesota 15, a group federally indicted in June 2026 over organizing and d...
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Frank E. Biltonen
Named Industrialisti-related defendant in the Duluth criminal-syndicalism prosecution. The June 1920 report in...
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James Rolf Bjerkan
Released
James Rolf Bjerkan was a conscientious objector imprisoned for refusing induction during the Vietnam War. He b...
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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 was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions...
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Brotman (Minneapolis CWA defendant, 1934)
The May 8, 1934 Minneapolis report names Brotman among defendants sentenced for the April 6 CWA relief demonst...
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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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Robert Cohen (St. Paul draft resister)
Douglas names this defendant among eleven men whose civilian jail sentences were reduced to time already serve...
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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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Ralph Core
Released
Ralph Core was a Minneapolis WPA striker imprisoned following the 1939 strike against changes to federal work-...
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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. E. Davis
Released
S. E. Davis was a Minneapolis unemployed-relief protester arrested during a September 1935 demonstration at Ci...
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S. K. Davis
Released
S. K. Davis was sentenced to 50 days in a 1934 Minneapolis relief demonstration case.
The April 20, 1934 Dail...
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Sam K. Davis
Sam K. Davis was arrested on September 13, 1935 after addressing Minneapolis City Hall on behalf of unemployed...
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Mike DeBartolo
Released
Mike DeBartolo was listed among imprisoned draft and conscientious resisters in contemporary CCCO reports from...
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Matthew DePalma
Released
Anarchist convicted of illegally possessing Molotov cocktails allegedly intended to be used at the 2008 Republ...
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Jesse Dunning
Released
Jesse Dunning was a member of the IWW from Bemidji, Minnesota. Jesse Dunning was arrested for possessing IWW l...
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Frank Ellis
Frank Ellis organized Austin meatpacking workers. The Militant’s retrospective describes his prosecution as an...
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E. A. Engelin
Released
E. A. Engelin was from Minneapolis, Minnesota. E. A. Engelin began serving a five-year prison sentence on May...
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Frank Enoch Carlson
Douglas names this defendant among eleven men whose civilian jail sentences were reduced to time already serve...
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