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Missouri

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 Missouri.

266Documented
7In custody
212Released
4Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Missouri

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

1800s 139 1910s 22 1960s 21 1930s 18 2010s 16 1980s 13

Recent dashboard entries from Missouri

The newest published events and reporting located in Missouri, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Arrest

Two residents arrested at a Springfield City Council meeting amid protests over Flock cameras

Springfield City Hall, Springfield, MO · The New Republic
Arrest

Data-center moratorium protester arrested during a march from the Missouri Capitol to the Governor’s Mansion

Capitol Street near the Missouri State Capitol, Jefferson City, MO · ABC 17 News
Arrest

Dominic O'Connor arrested while protesting Columbia's Flock surveillance cameras

East Broadway and Providence Road, Columbia, MO · ABC 17 News
Prosecution

Video evidence clears activist of felony charge

Ferguson, MO · FOX 2 (St. Louis)
Protest

St. Joseph residents pack a City Council meeting to protest a proposed data center

St. Joseph, MO · News-Press NOW
Protest

Protest, summit highlight divide over data centers in Missouri

Jefferson City, MO · Missourinet
Protest

Nurses at Research Medical Center to hold rally demanding immediate action on unsafe patient care conditions

Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO · National Nurses United
Protest

Five arrested disrupting St. Louis mayor's State of the City

St. Louis City Hall, MO · St. Louis Public Radio
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Documented cases

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

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John Rodenberger
Released
John Rodenberger appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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Douglas Roemer
Released
Douglas Roemer appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
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Rollins (Kansas City defendant, 1932)
A25-year-old Black worker surnamed Rollins was arrested at KansasCity on an allegation of robbing, beating and...
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William Rose
Released
William Rose appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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William Leon Ruiz
William Leon Ruiz was a federal prisoner confined in the START behavior-modification program at the U.S. Medic...
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Edward M. Sanchez
Edward M. Sanchez was a federal prisoner confined in the START behavior-modification program at the U.S. Medic...
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James Richard Sauder
James Richard Sauder was a Catholic pacifist jailed for seven days after an October 1981 Arkansas missile-silo...
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J. H. Schenck
Released
J. H. Schenck appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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David Schwartz
Released
David Schwartz appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dra...
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Robert Scott
Released
Robert Scott was a Missouri labor militant jailed on a strike / sedition charge in 1936–37, defended by the IL...
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Mary Scriftman
Mary Scriftman was a St. Louis protester whom the August 26, 1927 Daily Worker reports police beat until she l...
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A. Seeton
Released
A. Seeton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E. L...
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William Sentner
Released
William Sentner was a United Electrical Workers organizer arrested in Rock Island, Illinois on September 17, 1...
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John Sexton Jr.
Released
John Sexton Jr. appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
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Martin Shea
Released
Martin Shea appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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R. Shepherd
Released
R. Shepherd appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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D. H. Silver
Released
D. H. Silver appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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Sylvester Simpson
Released
Sylvester Simpson appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geo...
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Michael Sinay
Released
Michael Sinay was identified in contemporary rosters of prisoners confined for conscientious or antiwar resist...
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Damian Smith-Birge
Released
Damian Smith-Birge, 26, of Neosho MO, called the Pennsylvania State Police on November 18, 2021 and made threa...
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J. D. Stewart
Released
J. D. Stewart appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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James M. Stine
Released
James M. Stine appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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W. J. Stratton
W. J. Stratton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Leon Sulkowski
Leon Sulkowski, also printed as Suiski, was arrested in the St. Louis deportation investigation described in t...

Institutions in Missouri

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

Saint Louis Military PrisonSaint Louis, Missouri
127 cases
U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri
6 cases
United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri
4 cases
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of MissouriSt. Louis, Missouri
3 cases
Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson CityJefferson City, Missouri
2 cases
St. Louis WorkhouseSt. Louis, Missouri
2 cases
United States Medical Center for Federal PrisonersSpringfield, Missouri
2 cases
Missouri State PenitentiaryJefferson City, Missouri
1 case
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