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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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Stefan Siegler
Stefan Siegler was a civilian internee listed at the US Immigration Station in Gloucester City, New Jersey, in...
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William Sikora
Released
William Sikora was one of the 1926 Passaic, New Jersey textile strikers prosecuted in the "bomb plot" frame-up...
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Ray Singer
Ray Singer was a Furniture Workers Industrial Union member jailed in the Jersey City campaign against Mayor Fr...
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Minnie Smaller
Minnie Smaller was a dressmaker jailed after picketing during the 1932 South River strike.
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Alfred Sohnius
Alfred Sohnius was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Gloucester...
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Margaret Staff
Margaret Staff was a young International Labor Defense worker arrested for distributing ILD leaflets in Newark...
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Marie Staff
Marie Staff was an eighteen-year-old worker active with the International Labor Defense, Trade Union Unity Lea...
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Saul Stark
Saul Stark was sentenced to 60 days in jail by Judge Simondle in Newark First Precinct Court on March 4, 1931,...
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Louis Statu
Louis Statu, also printed Status in the same article, was a militant textile striker selected to attend a Work...
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Sam Stein
Released
Sam Stein was New Jersey district secretary of the International Labor Defense. A Newark March 1 dispatch in t...
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Edward Stevens
Released
Edward Stevens was arrested in Newark, New Jersey on January 29, 1936 in connection with the Lackawanna laundr...
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Gale Strauss
Gale Strauss was a picket arrested outside the struck Miller Furniture establishment in Jersey City during May...
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William Sucklich
William Sucklich, an International Upholsterers union member from Clifton, was arrested Monday, July 9, 1934 w...
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J. Minor Sullivan III
Released
Dr. J. Minor Sullivan III was a Black Trenton physician who examined the Trenton Six while serving as a deputy...
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Joseph Sussner
RCA-Victor striker Joseph Sussner had just left county jail when the July 23 Camden dispatch was written. It e...
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Tachin
Tachin, identified only by surname, was one of two Russians the January 1919 Liberator describes as actually s...
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A. O. Taichin
Released
A. O. Taichin was a Socialist from Bayonne, New Jersey. A. O. Taichin was convicted along with Theo Fedotoft o...
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Alfred Taubenberger
Alfred Taubenberger was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at the US Immigration Station in Glouce...
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Alexander Taylor
Alexander Taylor was the American Civil Liberties Unions public-relations director. During its mid-July 1930 N...
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Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor is individually named in the September 1, 1972 Friends Journal among Friends and associated par...
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Paul Teller
Paul Teller was identified among the leaders prosecuted during the RCA strike at Camden, New Jersey. A July 31...
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A. Thomashefsky
A. Thomashefsky was a picket arrested outside the struck Miller Furniture establishment in Jersey City during...
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Joseph Toehl
Joseph Toehl was one of eleven people arrested in September 1926 in the Passaic textile-strike bomb prosecutio...
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Tomash (Bayonne, 1931)
Released
Tomash was identified by surname as an organizer of the Unemployed Council of Greater New York. The Daily Work...
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