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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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Erich Nothdurft
Erich Nothdurft was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Gottlieb Nuebel
Gottlieb Nuebel was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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John Nuebel
John Nuebel was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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William Nuebel
William Nuebel was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Karl Nuernberger
Karl Nuernberger was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Jim O'Sullivan
Jim O’Sullivan was individually named in the September 23, 1984 Grand Forks Air Force Base anti-nuclear arrest...
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Eugene C. Obermueller
Eugene C. Obermueller was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dako...
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Emil Wilhelm Oehr
Emil Wilhelm Oehr was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Bernhard Oeltermann
Bernhard Oeltermann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota...
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Jacob Oemke
Jacob Oemke was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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August Oest
August Oest was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Claus J. R. Oest
Claus J. R. Oest was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Frank Olbrich
Frank Olbrich was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as o...
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George H. Oppermann
George H. Oppermann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota...
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Hans Jacob Orth
Hans Jacob Orth was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Hermann L. Orth
Hermann L. Orth was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Joseph Orthmayer
Joseph Orthmayer was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Willy T. Orths
Willy T. Orths was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Josef Ostermaier
Josef Ostermaier was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Alfred Papp
Alfred Papp was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Adolf Pasquay
Adolf Pasquay was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as o...
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Robert Julius Patenge
Robert Julius Patenge was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dako...
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John Dietrich Patjens
John Dietrich Patjens was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dako...
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William Patton
William Patton was an Industrial Workers of the World member arrested in Minot on August 7, 1930 after arrivin...
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