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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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Otto A. Vollmer
Otto A. Vollmer was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Alfred M. Vorbach
Alfred M. Vorbach was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Dirk Voss
Dirk Voss was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of Fe...
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Johann B. Waas
Johann B. Waas was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Fred Wagener
Fred Wagener was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Otto Wagner
Otto Wagner was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Franz X. Waldmann
Franz X. Waldmann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Hy Wallace
Hy Wallace was a North Dakota farmer and Communist Party leader arrested on a charge of intimidating a federal...
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Johannes Wallner
Johannes Wallner was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Carl Warner
Carl Warner was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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August Weber
August Weber was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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John H. Wedding
John H. Wedding was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Walter Weferling
Walter Weferling was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Walter W. Wehke
Walter W. Wehke was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Wilhelm Weidner
Wilhelm Weidner was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Henry Weier
Henry Weier was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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William Paul Weil
William Paul Weil was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Hans Weilekes
Hans Weilekes was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as o...
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Richard Weinert
Richard Weinert was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Erich Kurt Weiser
Erich Kurt Weiser was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Conrad Weist
Conrad Weist was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Walter Welge
Walter Welge was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Johannes D. Wellbrock
Johannes D. Wellbrock was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dako...
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August H. Wellmann
August H. Wellmann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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