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Montana
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 Montana.
120Documented
0In custody
64Released
Eras of repression in Montana
Where Montana’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 57
1940s 30
1980s 20
1930s 3
1800s 3
2000s 2
Recent dashboard entries from Montana
The newest published events and reporting located in Montana, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Hundreds gather at the federal courthouse and line the Central Avenue bridge for 'No Kings'
Protest
Missoula scientists rally to Take Back Science against research cuts
Protest
A Billings rally honors Alex Pretti and urges no ICE cooperation
Protest
More than 1,000 line Beartracks Bridge for an ICE Out rally in Missoula
Protest
MSU Students for a Democratic Society protest ICE actions in Bozeman
Protest
A vigil for Renée Good draws about 600 to Beartracks Bridge in Missoula
Protest
About 10,000 march downtown for the Missoula No Kings rally
Protest
Protesters rally as a new tent detention camp opens at Fort Bliss
Documented cases
120 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Robert Haussmann
Robert Haussmann was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as of...
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Fred Hegge
Fred Hegge was arrested at Fortine, Montana, by federal authorities during the 1917 lumber-workers strike. The...
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John Cyril Hellman
Released
John Cyril Hellman was a Montana Communist and former state Progressive Party director arrested by FBI agents...
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John Helme
Released
John Helme was a member of the Montana contingent of Coxey's Army, the 1894 unemployment protest movement. A c...
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Simon Peter Hoffman
Simon Peter Hoffman was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as...
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William Hogan
Released
William Hogan was a Butte teamster. William Hogan led a Montana contingent of Coxey's Army in the 1894 movemen...
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David Holmquist
Released
David Holmquist was a conscientious objector from Montana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for r...
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Ernest Hutzenlaub
Ernest Hutzenlaub was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as o...
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Jack Jones
Released
Jack Jones was an Industrial Workers of the World (Wobbly) organizer and, at the time, the husband of Elizabet...
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Alfred Karstens
Alfred Karstens was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as of...
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H. Klabo
Released
H. Klabo was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions and...
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Wilhelm Kloke
Wilhelm Kloke was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as of Fe...
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Alvin Jacobs Kramer
Alvin Jacobs Kramer was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as...
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Robert Krefft
Robert Krefft was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as of Fe...
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Otto Kreutzmann
Otto Kreutzmann was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as of...
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Adolf Kuhni
Adolf Kuhni was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as of Febr...
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W. L. Wright
W. L. Wright’s first-person Butte letter dated June 2 describes two arrests connected with his Daily Worker di...
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David Lemke
Released
David Lemke was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Montana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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John George Lemnitzer
Released
John George Lemnitzer was a Lutheran minister born November 21, 1943 in New York City. While serving Prince of...
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Randall Mark
Randall Mark was imprisoned following a road blockade intended to protect wild bison from capture and killing...
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Alois Ali Mauracher
Alois Ali Mauracher was individually listed in custody at Fort Missoula Internment Camp, Missoula, Montana, as...
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James Albert McGlynn
Released
James Albert McGlynn was prosecuted under Montana’s sedition law for challenging wartime atrocity propaganda....
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P. McMahon
Released
P. McMahon was a member of the Montana contingent of Coxey's Army, the 1894 unemployment protest movement. A c...
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Louis Miller (Whitefish IWW delegate, 1917)
Released
Louis Miller was an IWW delegate arrested at Whitefish, Montana on a vagrancy accusation during the 1917 lumbe...
Institutions in Montana
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Montana that appear in the census’s case files.
Montana State PrisonDeer Lodge, Montana
36 cases
Fort Missoula Internment CampMissoula, Montana
29 cases
Carter County Jail
1 case
Fergus County Jail
1 case
Granite County Jail
1 case
Missoula County Jail
1 case