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South 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 South Dakota.
79Documented
1In custody
66Released
Eras of repression in South Dakota
Where South Dakota’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1970s 32
1910s 24
1930s 12
1980s 5
2010s 2
1800s 2
Recent dashboard entries from South Dakota
The newest published events and reporting located in South Dakota, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
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Uranium Mining Permit Hearing in Black Hills Halted
Protest
About 200 protest at the post office in South Dakota's capital for 'No Kings'
Protest
Indivisible 605 holds an ICE Out For Good protest in Sioux Falls
Protest
No Kings protesters take to the streets across South Dakota
Protest
About 1,000 rally on Minnesota Avenue for a Sioux Falls No Kings day of action
Documented cases
79 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Robert High Eagle
Released
Robert High Eagle was a co-defendant of Sarah Bad Heart Bull, convicted of "riot where arson was committed" fo...
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Andrew Anna Hofer
Released
Andrew Anna Hofer was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World Wa...
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David Hofer
Released
David Hofer was a Hutterite from the Rockport Colony in South Dakota. David Hofer was one of four brothers-in-...
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Jacob M. Hofer
Released
Jacob M. Hofer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Court-m...
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Joseph Hofer
Released
Joseph Hofer was one of four Hutterite absolutists from the Rockport Colony in South Dakota who, drafted in 19...
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Michael Hofer
Released
Michael Hofer was a Hutterite from the Rockport Colony in South Dakota and brother of Joseph Hofer. Michael Ho...
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Ken Hollis
Released
Ken Hollis participated in the 1987 Mount Rushmore protest against acid rain and subsequently served time in S...
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Paul Kleinsasser
Released
Paul Kleinsasser was a Hutterite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Court...
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Samuel Kleinsasser
Released
Samuel Kleinsasser was a Hutterite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Cou...
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Christopher Oliver Land
Released
Christopher Oliver Land was one of five defendants convicted of attempting to interfere with U.S. Marshals and...
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A. L. Long
A. L. Long was jailed in Sioux Falls amid a campaign against farmers’ struggles. Another United Farmers League...
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Angie Long Visitor
Angie Long Visitor was detained in the Pine Ridge investigation. The COINTELPRO Papers alleges coercive pressu...
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Steve Loper
Released
Steve Loper participated in the 1987 Mount Rushmore protest against acid rain and subsequently served time in...
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Michael J. Mandel
Released
Michael J. Mandel was a Hutterite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Cour...
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Richard Marshall
Released
Richard Marshall was an Oglala Lakota member of the American Indian Movement known to supporters as the Oglala...
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Henry Nieland
Released
Henry Nieland was one of seventeen Sisseton farmers actually jailed on rioting charges after a United Farmers...
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Geneva Red Feather
Released
Geneva Red Feather was one of five defendants convicted of attempting to interfere with U.S. Marshals and FBI...
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Edwin S. Reitz
Released
Edwin S. Reitz was from Aberdeen, South Dakota. Edwin S. Reitz began serving a five-year prison sentence on Ma...
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Louis Rieck
Released
Louis Rieck was a United Farmers League member arrested with other Roberts County, South Dakota farmers after...
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William Rieck
Released
William Rieck was a married farmer with one child and one of seventeen defendants in the 1934 Sisseton, South...
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Ramon Roubideaux
The South Dakota Supreme Court’s account states that attorney Ramon Roubideaux was found in contempt on April...
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James Schmidt
Released
James Schmidt was an itinerant IWW member prosecuted at Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1915 for killing a railroad...
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Phillip Templeton
Released
Phillip Templeton participated in the 1987 Mount Rushmore protest against acid rain and subsequently served ti...
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Peter M. Waldner
Released
Peter M. Waldner was a Mennonite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Court...
Institutions in South Dakota
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in South Dakota that appear in the census’s case files.
Pennington County JailRapid City, South Dakota
2 cases
South Dakota State PenitentiarySioux Falls, South Dakota
1 case
Fort Meade / Federal Court (Sioux Falls)
1 case
South Dakota Women's PrisonYankton, South Dakota
1 case