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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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Samuel Gilfillan
Released
Samuel Gilfillan appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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Ariel Glenn
Ariel Glenn was a Missouri Peace Planting participant actually confined at Cass County Jail in 1988. The parti...
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W. S. Golding
Released
W. S. Golding appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Adrian Gordon
Released
Adrian Gordon appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft and...
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D. R. Grace
Released
D. R. Grace appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Ted Graham
Released
Ted Graham was business agent of Cleaning and Dye House Workers’ Union Local 20 in St. Louis. Police arrested...
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John W. Gunn
Released
John W. Gunn appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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Forrest Gustave
Forrest Gustave was a federal prisoner confined in the START behavior-modification program at the U.S. Medical...
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John Haines
Released
John Haines appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Mubarak Hamed
Released
Mubarak Hamed was the executive director of the now-defunct Islamic American Relief Agency from 1991 to Octobe...
M
Michael Hansey
Released
Michael Hansey appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
J
J. W. Harper
Marshall identifies J. W. Harper, a Booneville druggist, as one of five civilians seized with minister Henry M...
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J. S. Harrington
Released
J. S. Harrington appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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Charles H. Harrison
Released
Charles H. Harrison appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal G...
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Henry N. Hart
Released
Henry N. Hart appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Jesse D. Hartzler
Released
Jesse D. Hartzler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Missouri who was drafted and arrived at Camp Mac...
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Ora J. Hartzler
Released
Ora J. Hartzler was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Missouri imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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William Henley
Released
William Henley appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Dominick Hilbert
Released
Dominick Hilbert appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
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Wellington Hoffman
Released
Wellington Hoffman appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Ge...
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Zebulon Hollingsworth
Released
Zebulon Hollingsworth appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal...
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William Hoper
William Hoper was one of seven Black workers arrested May 26, 1936 during a St. Louis relief-office protest in...
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Daniel Hudson
Released
Daniel Hudson appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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D. O. Hughes
Released
D. O. Hughes 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