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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
Arrest
Data-center moratorium protester arrested during a march from the Missouri Capitol to the Governor’s Mansion
Arrest
Dominic O'Connor arrested while protesting Columbia's Flock surveillance cameras
Prosecution
Video evidence clears activist of felony charge
Protest
St. Joseph residents pack a City Council meeting to protest a proposed data center
Protest
Protest, summit highlight divide over data centers in Missouri
Protest
Nurses at Research Medical Center to hold rally demanding immediate action on unsafe patient care conditions
Protest
Five arrested disrupting St. Louis mayor's State of the City
Documented cases
266 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Michael Sullivan
Released
Michael Sullivan appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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Preston Sweeney
Released
Preston Sweeney appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
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J. F. Tallant
Released
J. F. Tallant appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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George Thompson
Released
George Thompson was a New Jersey-born abolitionist and ministry student at the Mission Institute in Quincy, Il...
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Harry Tiry
Released
Harry Tiry appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft a...
J
J. S. Triplett
Released
J. S. Triplett appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Nautica Turner
Released
On June 1, 2020 Nautica Turner, 27, took lighter fluid and began pouring it on the 7-Eleven at 201 N. 17th Str...
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Stanley Tytus
Released
Stanley Tytus appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
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Henry Vincent
Released
Henry Vincent appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Mike Vogler
Released
Mike Vogler appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft and c...
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A. W. Berry
A. W. Berry, identified as a Black Communist organizer in Kansas City, was arrested with four other workers du...
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Thomas Walsh
Released
Thomas Walsh appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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Levi J. Wardlaw
Released
Levi J. Wardlaw appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
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Lenora Warneson
Released
Lenora Warneson was a Missouri teacher and Federation for Democratic Control antiwar speaker. She retained her...
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Elizabeth Watkins
Released
Elizabeth Watkins was imprisoned in Missouri State Penitentiary under wartime speech laws. The official 1921 S...
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Louis Wehrmeyer
Released
Louis Wehrmeyer appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dr...
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D. M. C. Wells
Released
D. M. C. Wells appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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W. F. Wells
W. F. Wells appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Philip White
Released
Philip White appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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William F. Whittinghof
Released
William F. Whittinghof appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marsha...
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Gerard Wilson
Gerard Wilson was a federal prisoner confined in the START behavior-modification program at the U.S. Medical C...
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Jesse L. Wingert
Released
Jesse L. Wingert was a conscientious objector from Missouri imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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William Woods
Released
William Woods appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Alanson Work
Released
Alanson Work was a carpenter and committed abolitionist associated with the Mission Institute at Quincy, Illin...
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