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New York
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 York.
2,078Documented
40In custody
1,023Released
12Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New York
Where New York’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 714
1940s 176
1970s 171
1920s 166
1910s 166
1950s 159
Recent dashboard entries from New York
The newest published events and reporting located in New York, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Hundreds rally against ICE in Herald Square after Marble Hill shooting
Arrest
Five protesters arrested outside hospital after New York ICE shooting
Other
ICE officer shoots man during New York arrest operation
Other
Federal judge blocks ICE from arrests in New York courthouses
Arrest
Anti-Zionist Hasidic man faces deportation to Israel after US protest arrest
Arrest
Eight people arrested during an Evict ICE demonstration in downtown Buffalo
Arrest
NYPD arrests 104 people during protests against Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance at the United Nations
Other
Court imposes permanent protections against abusive ICE detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
Documented cases
2,078 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Joseph Riechenfeld
Joseph Riechenfeld was one of three striking painters arrested following a clash at Cooper Union in New York d...
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Georg Riemschneider
Georg Riemschneider was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Fe...
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John Riley
Released
John Riley was an Irish-born U.S. Army soldier who defected before the Mexican-American War and founded the Sa...
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Bramlo Riviera
Bramlo Riviera, reported aged 22, was a cafeteria striker whom the April 26, 1929 newspaper individually says...
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Martin Robbins
Released
Martin Robbins, a World War II veteran, was arrested with Olava Skottedal in Babylon, Long Island in 1950 for...
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Harold Robins
Harold Robins was a hotel-strike defendant sentenced for second-degree assault during the winter hotel strike....
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Florence Robinson
Released
Florence Robinson was treasurer of a women shoppers’ league participating in a strike against high food prices...
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Joseph Robinson
Joseph Robinson was arrested after police attacked the mass picket line supporting AmericanFarmer marine wirel...
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Karl S. Robinson
Released
Karl S. Robinson was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Keyondre Robinson
Released
Keyondre Robinson, an 18-year-old from Buffalo, New York, was among those federally prosecuted after the May 3...
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Leonard Robinson
Leonard Robinson was arrested while picketing Marcus Shoe Store at 12 East Burnside Avenue in the Bronx at abo...
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George Robles
George Robles was a Young Lords Party member prosecuted in El Barrio, New York, on a sale-of-drugs allegation....
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John Roche
Released
John Roche was convicted of murder in New York City. His defenders said the conviction rested on a confession...
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Charles Carlton Rodolph
Released
Charles Carlton Rodolph was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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Michael Rodriguez
Released
In 2020 in Brooklyn, NY, Michael Rodriguez, 32, a homeless man, was charged with attempting to damage governme...
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Nicole Rogers
AnimalPeople April1997 individually reports Nicole Rogers was confined with Jeffrey Watkins at Onondaga County...
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Julio Roldan
The paper identifies this person as an inmate who died at the Tombs following the October 1970 prison rebellio...
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Edwin Rolfe
Edwin Rolfe is individually named in John Howard Lawson’s report among writers and professional workers arrest...
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Carmelo Alvarez Roman
Released
Carmelo Alvarez Roman was an officer of party juntas in New York and Puerto Rico. A federal grand jury indicte...
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Anton Romanchuck
Anton Romanchuck was a Local 2 member for ten years prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The Ja...
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John Rooney
Released
John Rooney was one of four Irish Workers’ Club members arrested and beaten by police on June 22, 1932, after...
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Luis Rosado
Released
New York Puerto Rican independence activist and brother of Julio and Andrés Rosado. Held for civil contempt fr...
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Jack Rose
Jack Rose was individually named among nine people arrested for street speaking at Eastern Parkway and Utica A...
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Lou Rose
Lou Rose and Larry Levy were arrested Friday, May 29, 1936 while picketing the Kitty Kelly shoe store on Fourt...
Institutions in New York
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New York that appear in the census’s case files.
Ellis Island Immigration StationNew York, New York
215 cases
Fort LafayetteNew York, New York
202 cases
Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)New York, New York
21 cases
Attica Correctional FacilityAttica, New York
20 cases
Sing Sing Correctional FacilityOssining, New York
15 cases
Ellis IslandNew York, New York
15 cases
Metropolitan Correctional CenterNew York, New York
10 cases
MDC BrooklynBrooklyn, New York
9 cases