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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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William Cruden
Released
William Cruden was president of Fargo Drivers Local 173 during its 1935 strike. Contemporary New Militant repo...
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Ernst C. Crull
Ernst C. Crull was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Department...
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Helgo W. Culeman
Helgo W. Culeman was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Departmen...
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Benno Dahlmann
Benno Dahlmann was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Department...
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Heinrich Dammann
Heinrich Dammann was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Departmen...
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Otto W. Dannowsky
Otto W. Dannowsky was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Departme...
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Max Daschner
Max Daschner was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Department of...
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Carl E. DeNavarre
Carl E. DeNavarre was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Departme...
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Rudolf A. Deisemann
Rudolf A. Deisemann was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Depart...
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Rupert R. Deschler
Rupert R. Deschler was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Departm...
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Hans D. H. Detjen
Hans D. H. Detjen was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Departme...
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Emil Detzel
Emil Detzel was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Department of...
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Ernst K. Dickert
Ernst K. Dickert was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Departmen...
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Walter Dickmann
Walter Dickmann was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Department...
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Frederich Dieckmann
Frederich Dieckmann was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Depart...
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Euke Dierken
Euke Dierken was recorded in civilian internment at Fort Lincoln, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the Department of...
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Walter G. Dietel
Walter G. Dietel is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Fort Lincoln Internm...
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Matthew Anton Dietmann
Matthew Anton Dietmann is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Fort Lincoln I...
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Walter Dittmer
Walter Dittmer is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Fort Lincoln Internmen...
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Elmer Dodin
Released
Elmer Dodin was a United Farmers’ League activist in the Westby area on the North Dakota–Montana border. A U.S...
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William A. Doell
William A. Doell is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Fort Lincoln Internm...
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Hans A. Doelle
Hans A. Doelle is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Fort Lincoln Internmen...
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Erich H. Drechsler
Erich H. Drechsler is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Fort Lincoln Inter...
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Emil Drenhaus
Emil Drenhaus is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Fort Lincoln Internment...
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