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Vermont

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 Vermont.

27Documented
0In custody
23Released

Eras of repression in Vermont

Where Vermont’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

2010s 7 1930s 6 1800s 3 2020s 2 1980s 2 1970s 2

Recent dashboard entries from Vermont

The newest published events and reporting located in Vermont, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Prosecution

Seven clergy plead not guilty to unlawful trespass charges over Williston ICE protest; released on conditions

White Cap Business Park, Williston, VT · WCAX
Prosecution

Federal prosecutors charge five people over repeated protests at Williston’s ICE surveillance facility

Williston, VT · Vermont Public via NHPR
Prosecution

Vermont attorney general prosecutes 13 protesters over a July sit-in at the Williston ICE surveillance facility

Chittenden Criminal Division, Burlington, VT · Vermont Public
Arrest

Seven clergy arrested and charged with unlawful trespass after blockading doors at the Williston ICE facility

White Cap Business Park, Williston, VT · WCAX
Arrest

Four arrested for unlawful trespass blockading the entrances to the ICE digital-surveillance center in Williston, Vermont

Williston, VT · VTDigger
Protest

Hundreds line Route 7 in Rutland for a 'No Kings' rally

Rutland, VT · WCAX
Protest

Vermonters rally at City Hall after South Burlington ICE arrests

Burlington City Hall, Burlington, VT · Vermont Public
Prosecution

A Vermont prosecutor declines to charge six arrested at a South Burlington ICE operation

South Burlington, VT · WCAX
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Documented cases

27 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

E
Esau Peche Ventura
Esau Peche Ventura was a Migrant Justice member who took part in a thirteen-mile farmworker-rights march in Ve...
C
Clarence W. Waldron
Released
Clarence W. Waldron was a Pentecostal preacher from Windsor, Vermont. Clarence W. Waldron was convicted in par...
P
Paul Yaskar
Released
Paul Yaskar was one of five Vermont Marble Company strikers imprisoned for one to two years in the state penit...

Institutions in Vermont

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Vermont that appear in the census’s case files.

Vergennes JailVergennes, Vermont
1 case
Bennington JailBennington, Vermont
1 case
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