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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.
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Walter Fritz Muessigbrodt
Walter Fritz Muessigbrodt was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North...
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Friedrich Claus Mugge
Friedrich Claus Mugge was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dako...
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Richard Muhl
Richard Muhl was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Hans Joachim Murk
Hans Joachim Murk was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Conrad W. Musculus
Conrad W. Musculus was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Wilhelm Joachim Musyal
Wilhelm Joachim Musyal was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dak...
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Fritz Myhr
Fritz Myhr was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of F...
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Willy W. E. Naffin
Willy W. E. Naffin was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Eugen Nagel
Eugen Nagel was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Karl Friedrich Nagel
Karl Friedrich Nagel was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakot...
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Helmuth Paul Nath
Helmuth Paul Nath was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Ernest H. Nauert
Ernest H. Nauert was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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George Henry Naumann
George Henry Naumann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakot...
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Hermann A. Neidt
Hermann A. Neidt was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Otto Heinrich Nemitz
Otto Heinrich Nemitz was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakot...
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Hans Neubeck
Hans Neubeck was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Gustav Arthur Neukirch
Gustav Arthur Neukirch was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dak...
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Fred J. Neveling
Fred J. Neveling was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Thorvald Nielsen
Released
Thorvald Nielsen was the brother of Victor. Thorvald Nielsen was held five days in a Minot cell — one of the W...
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Victor Nielsen
Released
Victor Nielsen was a United Farmers’ League activist in the Westby area on the North Dakota–Montana border. Fa...
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Theodor Hermann Niemann
Theodor Hermann Niemann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Da...
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August F. Nolzen
August F. Nolzen was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Heinrich Nolzen
Heinrich Nolzen was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Paul Nonnemann
Paul Nonnemann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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