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North Dakota
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 Dakota.
971Documented
2In custody
27Released
Eras of repression in North Dakota
Where North Dakota’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1940s 931
1930s 18
2020s 7
2010s 6
1980s 4
1910s 4
Recent dashboard entries from North Dakota
The newest published events and reporting located in North Dakota, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
About 75 people rally at the William L. Guy Federal Building against increased ICE detentions in Bismarck
Other
Army Corps grants the Dakota Access easement under Lake Oahe; Standing Rock Sioux vow to fight for their treaty rights
Protest
Fargo-Moorhead protesters gather amid a blizzard to oppose ICE actions
Protest
A reported JD Vance visit draws a protest at the Applied Digital data center site
Protest
About 150 gather in Grand Forks to protest ICE after the Renée Good killing
Protest
Hundreds in Minot join the nationwide No Kings protest
Protest
Hundreds rally at the North Dakota Capitol for No Kings
Protest
Thousands rally at Fargo City Hall for the No Kings day of defiance
Documented cases
971 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Cameron Monte Smith
In Custody
Cameron Monte Smith, a Canadian national in the U.S. illegally, age 49, fired shots into the Wheelock Substati...
Yorie von Kahl
In Custody
Yorie von Kahl, listed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as Yori von Kahl, was convicted for his role in the Fe...
Michael Foster
Released
Michael Foster is an environmental activist and Valve Turner. He was convicted in October 2017 of conspiracy t...
Frank Geizler
Released
Frank Geizler was an Austrian member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was held at Grand Forks, North...
Abdimanan Bana Habib
Released
Abdimanan Bana Habib, 21, of Fargo ND, threw rocks at police and attempted to light a Molotov cocktail during...
Simon Habonimana
Released
Simon Habonimana, 22, was charged in Fargo, ND with arming rioters, attempting to commit assault, rioting, and...
Alfred Hjelm
Released
Alfred Hjelm was a Swedish-born homesteader and United Farmers’ League activist in the Westby area on the Nort...
Chase Iron Eyes
Released
Chase A. Iron Eyes, 39, was charged February 1, 2017 with felony inciting a riot and misdemeanor criminal tres...
Sam Jessup
Released
Samuel L. “Sam” Jessup was the videographer for the October 11, 2016 Climate Direct Action pipeline shutdown i...
Gordon Wendell Kahl
Released
Gordon Wendell Kahl was a North Dakota farmer, World War II veteran, and tax protester associated with the Pos...
Steve Martinez
Released
Steve Martinez is an activist who refused to testify before a secret federal grand jury seeking to charge orga...
Brandon Aaron Miller-Castillo
Released
Brandon Aaron Miller-Castillo, age 22, was one of five Standing Rock NoDAPL Water Protectors federally charged...
Jonathan Montanez
Released
Jonathan Montanez was charged by grand jury indictment with one count of civil disorder for knowingly committi...
Brennon J. Nastacio
Released
Brennon J. Nastacio (Bravo One), age 36, was one of five Standing Rock NoDAPL Water Protectors federally charg...
Errick Steven Toa
Released
Errick Steven Toa, 33, jumped on top of an occupied police car and broke its windshield during the May 30, 202...
Arthur C. Townley
Released
Arthur C. Townley was the founder of the Nonpartisan League, the agrarian political movement that swept North...
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Greg Klave
Greg Klave and Barb Katt were individually reported jailed from April 13, 1983 after a blood-pouring protest a...
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Walter A. Adler
Walter A. Adler was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck,...
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Heinrich K. Aha
Heinrich K. Aha was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck,...
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Joseph Aigner
Joseph Aigner was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, No...
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Otto Hans Albrecht
Otto Hans Albrecht was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarc...
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Rudolf Altmann
Rudolf Altmann was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, N...
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Emil Markus Amend
Emil Markus Amend was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck...
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Karl Heinz Andresen
Karl Heinz Andresen was a civilian internee recorded in actual custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismar...
Institutions in North Dakota
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in North Dakota that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort Lincoln Internment CampBismarck, North Dakota
815 cases
Morton County District CourtMandan, North Dakota
1 case
Cass County JailFargo, North Dakota
1 case
North Dakota state prisonFargo, North Dakota
1 case
U.S. District Court, District of North DakotaFargo, North Dakota
1 case
North Dakota state prison (Cass County)Fargo, North Dakota
1 case