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North Carolina
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 North Carolina.
200Documented
5In custody
147Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in North Carolina
Where North Carolina’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 48
1970s 37
1920s 32
2010s 15
2020s 14
1800s 10
Recent dashboard entries from North Carolina
The newest published events and reporting located in North Carolina, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Federal jury convicts William Stanley and Heather Morrow of misdemeanors after a blockade of Charlotte’s ICE office
Other
Treasury denies G20 summit credentials to reporters from major outlets and Asheville newsrooms
Protest
Hundreds rally and march in Pack Square Park for May Day 'Workers Over Billionaires'
Protest
Hundreds stage a die-in against ICE in Wilmington
Prosecution
Heather Morrow's felony assault charge is dropped and refiled as misdemeanors after a Charlotte ICE protest
Protest
Student-led march against ICE and Border Patrol raids in Durham
Protest
Hundreds of NC State students march against ICE from the Memorial Belltower
Arrest
Woman charged with assaulting an officer at a Charlotte ICE-office protest
Documented cases
200 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Gladys Wallace
Released
Gladys Wallace was arrested during Gastonia textile-strike picketing. The May 20 dispatch reports a conviction...
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Belle Weaver
Page 1’s September 27 Concord dispatch names this Young Communist League organizer as arrested in Gastonia the...
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Joseph Weir
Joseph Weir was convicted in North Carolina in a scheme to carry away several enslaved people. The state’s sup...
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William Wellman
Released
William Wellman was a Black laborer sentenced to hang in North Carolina in 1942 on the familiar 'rape' charge,...
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Anne Willett
Anne Willett was imprisoned at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women in Raleigh and participated in...
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Marvin Wilson
Released
Marvin Wilson was jailed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina after city police, led by Officer R.A. Spillman, for...
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Alice Wise
Alice Wise was imprisoned at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women in Raleigh and participated in t...
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Jason Yates
Released
Member ("King Squirrel") of the Greensboro chapter of the Almighty Latin King & Queen Nation. Indicted Decembe...
Institutions in North Carolina
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in North Carolina that appear in the census’s case files.
North Carolina state courtsWilmington, North Carolina
10 cases
Gaston County JailGastonia, North Carolina
9 cases
North Carolina State Penitentiary (Central Prison)Raleigh, North Carolina
7 cases
Buncombe County Superior Court
5 cases
Union County JailMonroe, North Carolina
3 cases
Camp Lejeune brigCamp Lejeune, North Carolina
2 cases
North Carolina State Prison System
2 cases
FMC ButnerButner, North Carolina
2 cases