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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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Julius Neisman
Released
Julius Neisman appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
A
A. K. Nisbet
A. K. Nisbet appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
M
Michael Nolan
Released
Michael Nolan appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
D
David O'Shea
Released
David O'Shea appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E...
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Gustavus Ortell
Released
Gustavus Ortell appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
A
A. F. Pack
Released
A. F. Pack appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Henry M. Paynter
Marshall identifies Paynter as a Presbyterian minister at Booneville, Missouri. The account describes an Augus...
C
Conrad Peiper
Released
Conrad Peiper appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Thomas Pendergrast
Released
Thomas Pendergrast appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Ge...
W
William Perkins
Released
William Perkins appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
R
R. D. Perry
Marshall identifies R. D. Perry, a Booneville retired merchant, as one of five civilians seized with minister...
H
Horace Petrie
Released
Horace Petrie appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
J
John Phelan
Released
John Phelan appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
W
William Thomas Pittard
Released
William Thomas Pittard appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marsha...
C
Charles Prentice
Released
Charles Prentice appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Geor...
R
Risdon H. Price
Released
Risdon H. Price appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal Georg...
J
Jackson Quigg
Released
Jackson Quigg appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
A
Allen Randolph
Released
Allen Randolph was a Missouri labor militant jailed on a strike / sedition charge in 1936–37, defended by the...
W
William B. Redfield
Released
William B. Redfield appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal G...
R
Rayfield Rene Johnson
The Black Panther reported that Rayfield Rene Johnson, a 22-year-old St. Louis drummer and poet, was arrested...
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T. Reynolds
Released
T. Reynolds appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George E....
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Joseph Rickey
Released
Joseph Rickey appears in the official civilian-prisoner return prepared by Saint Louis provost-marshal George...
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Dennis Riordan
Released
Dennis Riordan appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
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Thomas Roach
Released
Thomas Roach 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