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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 New Jersey.
421Documented
2In custody
224Released
2Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New Jersey
Where New Jersey’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 160
1940s 52
1970s 46
1960s 36
1920s 30
1910s 26
Recent dashboard entries from New Jersey
The newest published events and reporting located in New Jersey, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
LaMonica McIver faces rehearing deadline in ICE-visit prosecution
Arrest
Five people arrested during an anti-ICE protest outside the Atlantic City Public Safety Building
Prosecution
Rep. LaMonica McIver urges appeals court to toss federal assault charges
Other
FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informants
Other
Bearing Witness to ICE Abuses at Delaney Hall
Arrest
What to know about the protests and arrests outside a New Jersey detention center
Arrest
Arrests Continue at Delaney Hall After ICE Drawdown – But They're Slowing Down, NJ Mayor Says
Prosecution
Brooklyn man Nicholas Scelfo was charged with threatening to assault and murder an ICE officer and his family after a confrontation at the Delaney Hall facility in Newark
Documented cases
421 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Vivian Miller
Released
Vivian Miller was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary Age o...
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Henry Mills
Henry Mills was a Black soldier and American Servicemen's Union member held at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The Black...
C
Charles Mitchell
Charles Mitchell was a Black Communist candidate for New Jerseys12th Congressional District and a recent recru...
C
Chuck Modiano
Chuck Modiano is a independent reporter and WPFW radio co-host. Police arrested him on May 31, 2026, while he...
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John Monoco
Released
John Monoco was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary Age of...
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Thomas Morgan (Paterson silk strike, 1931)
Released
Thomas Morgan was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary Age o...
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Max Mortman
Max Mortman was a picket arrested outside the struck Miller Furniture establishment in Jersey City during Mayo...
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Allen Myers
Sp/4 Allen Myers, a Young Socialist and FortDix antiwar organizer, was arrested by MPs March28,1969 over an al...
M
Morris Nelson
Released
Morris Nelson was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary Age o...
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Donald Nicholas
Donald Nicholas was a vice president of the Newark Teachers Union. The Daily Register of February 14, 1972 rep...
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Albert Niederman
AlbertNiederman (OCRNiedejinan; surname kept as best-supported reading) was named among seven arrested March29...
A
Alexander Norbe
Released
Alexander Norbe was a conscientious objector from New Jersey imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
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Bob Lupini Nsimba
Bob Lupini Nsimba, a Congolese opposition organizer seeking asylum, was held at Elizabeth Detention Center beg...
J
Jerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell, a United States congressman from Montana, was seized and manhandled by Jersey City police dur...
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William O'Donnell (Seabrook strike organizer)
William O'Donnell was a working-class organizer active in the Seabrook Farm strike led by the Agricultural and...
J
Jonathan Odell
Released
Jonathan Odell was an Anglican clergyman and Loyalist writer. Revolutionary authorities restricted his movemen...
C
Charles Ohlsen
Released
Charles Ohlsen was from Newark, New Jersey. Charles Ohlsen began serving a prison sentence on August 8, 1918.
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Harry Olsen
Harry Olsen was arrested at 4 p.m. Friday September 26,1930 outside the Standard Oil plant in Bayonne, New Jer...
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Sylvia Ostrow
Released
Sylvia Ostrow was an eighteen-year-old Young Communist League member arrested outside the February 11, 1930 Ne...
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Paul Oznik
Released
Paul Oznik was one of the 1926 Passaic, New Jersey textile strikers prosecuted in the "bomb plot" frame-up tha...
A
Anthony Panchelly
Anthony Panchelly was a Pacific Coast Marine Firemen’s Union member imprisoned with Edward Woodworth following...
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Theoren Papp
Theoren Papp is a Level 12 Productions videographer. Police arrested him on May 31, 2026, while he documented...
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John Passer
Released
John Passer was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary Age of...
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Rudy Pau
Released
Rudy Pau appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft and cons...
Institutions in New Jersey
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New Jersey that appear in the census’s case files.
New Jersey State PrisonTrenton, New Jersey
15 cases
Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for WomenClinton, New Jersey
10 cases
Essex County JailNewark, New Jersey
9 cases
New Jersey State Prison, TrentonTrenton, New Jersey
6 cases
Passaic County JailPaterson, New Jersey
6 cases
Bergen County JailHackensack, New Jersey
3 cases
U.S. District Court, District of New JerseyTrenton, New Jersey
3 cases
FCI Fort DixFort Dix, New Jersey
2 cases