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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.
Collis English
Released
Collis English was one of the Trenton Six. The Trenton Six were six young Black men arrested February 11, 1948...
Phoenix Feeley
Released
Phoenix Feeley (legal name Jill Coccaro) is a New York City-based artist and fire-eating performer who was arr...
Dominick Flaiani
Released
Dominick Flaiani was an Italian immigrant and Communist organizer who had worked in fur processing and organiz...
McKinley Forrest
Released
Trenton Six defendant. Acquitted on retrial 1951.
The May 23, 1951 National Guardian reports sworn retrial te...
William Franklin
Released
William Franklin was the last royal Governor of New Jersey and the loyalist son of Benjamin Franklin. When the...
Darius Fullmer
Released
Darius Fullmer is an American animal rights activist who was also indicted and convicted as part of the SHAC 7...
Lauren Gazzola
Released
Lauren Gazzola is an American animal rights activist who served as a campaign coordinator for SHAC USA and was...
Helen Gershonowitz
Released
Helen Gershonowitz was a Paterson, New Jersey member of the Communist-led National Textile Workers Union, know...
Joe Gilbert
Released
Joe Gilbert was a militant leader of the 1934 New York City taxi drivers' strike. On June 2, 1935 he was arres...
Ted Goertzel
Released
Ted George Goertzel was an eighteen-year-old Antioch College student visiting Princeton during the nationwide...
Dozier Will Graham
Released
Dozier Will Graham was a Black Newark worker and retired Baptist minister who joined the Unemployed Council du...
Carole Graves
Released
Carole A. Graves led the Newark Teachers Union during the 1970 and 1971 strikes. The Militant reported that sh...
Rudolf Grossmann
Released
Rudolf Grossmann was an anarchist arrested with William MacQueen and Luigi Galleani in connection with the 190...
Dmitriy Guzner
Released
Dmitriy Guzner was charged with committing a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against the Scientolo...
Joshua Harper
Released
Joshua Harper is an American animal rights activist who was a coordinator for SHAC USA on the U.S. West Coast...
Albert Hedar
Released
Albert Hedar was one of nine Newark workers prosecuted after police raided unemployment meetings on February 4...
Albert Heder
Albert Heder was a defendant in the Newark political prosecutions supported by the International Labor Defense...
Donald Henderson
Released
Donald James Henderson was a labor organizer and former economics instructor at Rutgers and Columbia. Arrested...
Alison Turnbull Hopkins
Released
Alison Turnbull Hopkins was a New Jersey NWP organizer and Silent Sentinel. Arrested in 1917 for picketing the...
Abraham Isserman
Released
Abraham J. Isserman was a defense lawyer at the 1949 Foley Square Smith Act trial of the eleven Communist Part...
William Jasmagy
Released
William Jasmagy was a conscientious objector from New Jersey imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
Garrett Jones
Released
Garrett Jones was a conscientious objector from New Jersey imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
Yū Kikumura
Released
Yū Kikumura was a member of the Japanese Red Army, an armed militant organization who while in the United Stat...
August Klapprott
Released
August Klapprott was a German American Bund leader associated with Camp Nordland in New Jersey. Federal author...
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