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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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Janet McKennis
Janet McKennis was individually named among the General Dynamics peace protesters arrested December 28, 1982 i...
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Michael McIntyre
Michael McIntyre was individually named among the General Dynamics peace protesters arrested December 28, 1982...
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Bobbie Plante
Bobbie Plante was among five anti-nuclear Silo Pruning Hooks supporters arrested for state trespass at a Misso...
J
Jeremiah Ahearn
Released
Jeremiah Ahearn appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
K
Khalid Al-Sudanee
Awaiting Trial
Khalid Al-Sudanee was the Jordan-based regional director of the Middle East office of the Islamic African Reli...
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Gabriella (Ella) Antolini
Released
Gabriella (Ella) Antolini was an eighteen-year-old anarchist and Italian immigrant residing in New England. Ga...
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R. M. Armstrong
Released
R. M. Armstrong appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
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Lambert P. Ayres
Released
Lambert P. Ayres appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
J
Joseph Baltrusaitis
Joseph Baltrusaitis was a Lithuanian worker from St. Louis imprisoned at Leavenworth after distributing Commun...
H
Henry Barron
Released
Henry Barron appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
D
Duane Bean
Duane Bean was a Missouri Peace Planting participant actually confined at Cass County Jail in 1988. The partic...
W
W. B. Beasley
Released
W. B. Beasley appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Henry C. Belles
Released
Henry C. Belles appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
H
Harding Benjamin
Released
Harding Benjamin appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
J
J. Bennett
Released
J. Bennett appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Peter Berger
The Kansas City worker correspondence reported Peter Berger imprisoned at Leeds Prison Farm after an injury on...
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Edward Brand
Released
Edward Brand was a conscientious objector from Missouri imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
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John A. Brownlee
Released
John A. Brownlee appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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William Burnley
William Burnley, a Kansas City union organizer, was named among workers arrested with A. W. Berry during the r...
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Alfred Burns
Released
Alfred Burns was identified in contemporary rosters of prisoners confined for conscientious or antiwar resista...
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James E. Burr
Released
James E. Burr was an abolitionist ministry student at the Mission Institute in Quincy, Illinois. He joined Ala...
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W. G. Burr
Marshall identifies W. G. Burr, a Booneville bank cashier, as one of five civilians seized with minister Henry...
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Joseph W. Burton
Released
Joseph W. Burton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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M. M. Burton
Released
M. M. Burton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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