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Rhode Island
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 Rhode Island.
19Documented
0In custody
13Released
Eras of repression in Rhode Island
Where Rhode Island’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1980s 6
1910s 5
2020s 2
1930s 2
1800s 2
2000s 1
Recent dashboard entries from Rhode Island
The newest published events and reporting located in Rhode Island, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Thousands rally at the Rhode Island State House in the "No Kings" day of action against ICE and the Trump administration
Protest
Thousands rally at the Rhode Island State House for No Kings
Protest
A Westerly No Kings rally at Old Benny's in Dunns Corner
Protest
Hundreds rally against ICE at the Providence federal building
Protest
Butler Hospital workers strike over wages, staffing and pensions
Documented cases
19 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Rasha Alawieh
Released
Lebanese assistant professor at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School (H-1B visa holder). Detained a...
Thomas Wilson Dorr
Released
Thomas Wilson Dorr was the central political leader of Rhode Island’s suffrage revolt, pushing to replace the...
Seth Luther
Released
Seth Luther was a skilled worker and labor reform speaker who agitated for expanded political rights and worki...
Francis D. Miller
Released
Francis D. Miller was a member of the IWW's General Executive Board at the time of his arrest. Francis D. Mill...
Nicholas Scaglione
Released
Nicholas Scaglione is a Cranston, Rhode Island man sentenced to three years in federal prison for helping dest...
Jim Taricani
Released
Jim Taricani was a WJAR television reporter in Providence, Rhode Island who in 2004 obtained and aired a porti...
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Joyce Katzberg
Joyce Katzberg and Christin Schmidt were arrested during the April 15, 1983 Tax Day anti-nuclear action at Ele...
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Kate Champa
Kate Champa was individually named among the Women of Faith defendants from the October 1983 Quonset Point ant...
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Judy Scheckel
Judy Scheckel was individually named among the Women of Faith defendants from the October 1983 Quonset Point a...
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Victoria Safford
Victoria Safford was individually named among the Women of Faith defendants from the October 1983 Quonset Poin...
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Ann Welsh
Ann Welsh was individually named among the Women of Faith defendants from the October 1983 Quonset Point antin...
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John T. Dunn
Released
John T. Dunn was a Socialist from Providence, Rhode Island. John T. Dunn was sentenced to twenty years in pris...
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Oreal Grossman
Released
Oreal Grossman was a Rhode Island civil-liberties attorney born in Providence and trained at Northeastern Univ...
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Theodore Hiller
Released
Theodore Hiller was a Socialist from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Theodore Hiller was sentenced to twenty years in...
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Alan Loehner
Released
Alan Loehner appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
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Robert J. Morrow
Released
Robert J. Morrow was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from Rhode Island imprisoned during World...
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Sam Paul
Sam Paul was a Greek food worker who helped organize the 1931 Washington Hunger March and was arrested after a...
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Christin Schmidt
Released
Christin Schmidt was a university student and peace worker from Rhode Island at the time of Pershing Plowshare...
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Adolph F. Younger
Released
Adolph F. Younger was a Socialist from Providence, Rhode Island. Adolph F. Younger was sentenced to twenty yea...
Institutions in Rhode Island
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Rhode Island that appear in the census’s case files.
Electric Boat, Quonset Point — Kairos Plowshares Too
1 case
Rhode Island State PrisonProvidence, Rhode Island
1 case
Cranston County Jail
1 case