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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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Ed Marr
Released
Ed Marr appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft and...
D
David R. McAnally
Released
Marshall describes McAnally as a Methodist minister and editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate. McAnally's...
E
Edward McBride
Released
Edward McBride appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
T
Thomas “Blood” McCreary
Released
Thomas “Blood” McCreary was a Vietnam veteran who organized with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
J
J. W. McDonald
Released
J. W. McDonald appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
G
Gerald McDonnell
Gerald McDonnell was a federal prisoner confined in the START behavior-modification program at the U.S. Medica...
M
Maxwell McDowell
Maxwell McDowell appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
M
Matthew McHogan
Released
Matthew McHogan appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
M
Matthew A. McLoughlin
Released
Matthew A. McLoughlin was secretary-treasurer of Cleaning and Dye House Workers’ Union Local 20 in St. Louis....
K
Kevin McMillan
Released
Kevin McMillan appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dra...
J
John K. Miles
Released
John K. Miles appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
J
Julius C. Minor
Released
Julius C. Minor appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
J
J. C. Moody
Released
J. C. Moody appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
L
Lawrence Mooney
Released
Lawrence Mooney appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
J
John Morrill
Released
John Morrill appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
J
Joe Morris
Released
Joe Morris was a tiff miner and strike leader in Potosi, Missouri. The Daily Worker, February 18, 1936, page 5...
J
John Morrow
Released
John Morrow appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
A
Abraham Morton
Released
Abraham Morton appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
G
George Mummert
George Mummert was arrested on April 20, 1984 before a peace demonstration at Whiteman Air Force Base in Misso...
A
Auguste Munger
Released
Auguste Munger appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
D
Daniel Muniz
Released
Daniel Muniz appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
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Marcus A. Murphy
Released
Marcus Alphonse Murphy was a Black civil-rights activist and Communist Party defendant in the St. Louis Smith...
M
Minor Neal
Released
Minor Neal appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
M
Moritz Neidner
Released
Moritz Neidner appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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