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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.
A
Anita Wise
Anita Wise is a freelance video producer. Police arrested the journalist on May 31, 2026, while documenting pr...
A
Adolf Wisnesski
Released
Adolf Wisnesski was a striker in the 1926 Passaic, New Jersey textile strike who was accused in the strike's "...
M
M. Wisnewski
M. Wisnewski was named among the speakers beaten and arrested when police broke up the Trenton Communist elect...
P
Peter J. Woodrow
Peter J. Woodrow is individually named in the September 1, 1972 Friends Journal among Friends and associated p...
E
Edward Woodworth
Released
Edward Woodworth was a Pacific Coast seaman and Marine Firemen’s Union member imprisoned in New Jersey during...
E
Edward Wright
Released
Edward Wright wrote the first-person account "We Go to Prison for Striking" in the Revolutionary Age, August 2...
B
Barry Wynn
Released
Barry Wynn was one of two co-defendants tried with the poet LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) for unlawful possession...
T
Thomas Yarkineas
Released
Thomas Yarkineas was from Jersey City, New Jersey. Thomas Yarkineas began serving a four- to ten-year prison s...
D
Daniel Zack
Released
Daniel Zack was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary Age of...
F
Fred Zazzone
Released
Fred Zazzone was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary Age of...
H
Haiguang Zheng
Haiguang Zheng, a Chinese asylum applicant, was detained by ICE at a routine check-in on October 11, 2025 and...
C
Charles Zimmerman
Released
Charles Zimmerman was listed among silk-strike pickets arrested in Clifton, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary A...
S
Shaka Zulu (New Afrikan Black Panther Party organizer)
New Afrikan Black Panther Party chair identified in the October 2019 event report as recently released from pr...
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