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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

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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Rudolf Theune
Rudolf Theune was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on February...
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Heinrich Thewes
Heinrich Thewes was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Februa...
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Evan Welling Thomas
Released
Evan Welling Thomas was the younger brother of Norman Thomas; Princeton seminary student studying in Edinburgh...
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Hannibal Thomas (Harlem Youth Federation defendant)
Hannibal Thomas was named among the Harlem Youth Federation five arrested May16,1968 and charged with conspira...
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Michelle Thomas
Released
Michelle Thomas was a Rutgers medical student and political activist involved with the Sunrise Collective. She...
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Reginald Thomas
Released
Reginald Thomas was a former International Labor Defense organizer sent to Sing Sing prison on a two-to-four-y...
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Kenneth Tierney
Released
Kenneth Tierney was one of the Fort Worth Five, five Irish-American men jailed in Texas in 1972 for refusing t...
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Samuel Tilles
Released
Samuel Tilles was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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Claudine Tim
Mrs. Tim was a Black Brooklyn woman arrested while seven months pregnant. The Daily Worker, August 23, 1934, p...
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Marguerite Tjader Harris
Released
Marguerite Tjader Harris was a writer, editor and peace activist who founded the leftist arts magazine Directi...
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H. Tollman
Released
H. Tollman was a butcher-union picket arrested with two fellow pickets at Pol Roth’s shop, 4113 13th Avenue, B...
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Silas Tompkins
Released
Silas Tompkins was one of the first Anti-Rent prisoners, prosecuted under New York's new law against appearing...
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S. Topolianos
S. Topolianos was individually listed as an imprisoned needle-trades worker on the September 1934 ILD roster....
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A. Torino
A. Torino was individually listed as an imprisoned needle-trades worker on the September 1934 ILD roster. It g...
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Manuel Torres
Page 2 individually identifies Manuel Torres in the Portuguese immigration-defense report after October 28, 19...
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Vera Tracy
Vera Tracy was among five workers arrested when police attacked an Unemployment Councils delegation demanding...
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Jeremy Trapp
Released
On July 17, 2020 Jeremy Trapp, 24, was observed by an informant and NYPD officers attempting to cut the brake...
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Sam Trehonuk
Released
Sam Trehonuk was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
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Sal Trepani
Sal Trepani was among Brooklyn shoe workers reported convicted of assault on May 6, 1930. Sentencing was annou...
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Domenico Trombetta
Domenico Trombetta was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, on Feb...
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Louis Tucker
Louis Tucker was among six Zelgreen cafeteria pickets who had served disorderly-conduct terms and remained jai...
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Robert A. Tucker
Robert A. Tucker was a defendant in an Elmira, New York murder prosecution with Dennis Goodwin. In a signed le...
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Theodore Turetsky
Theodore Turetsky was a garment worker prosecuted during the 1926 New York garment strike. The January 29, 192...
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Herman Turkowitz
Herman Turkowitz was individually identified among five workers arbitrarily arrested inside Manhattan Lyceum d...

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