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Virginia
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 Virginia.
211Documented
11In custody
161Released
4Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Virginia
Where Virginia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1800s 41
2020s 35
1970s 27
1930s 20
2010s 18
2000s 18
Recent dashboard entries from Virginia
The newest published events and reporting located in Virginia, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
NYT: CIA Secretly Established New Cuba Task Force
Other
Fourth Circuit upholds Badar Khan Suri’s release and rejects government bid to re-detain him
Protest
Richmond protesters demand a statewide moratorium on new Virginia data-center approvals
Other
Trump Loyalist Bill Pulte Begins Purge at National Intelligence Office
Other
The Defense Department Is Posting QAnon Memes
Protest
A Charlottesville housing coalition rallies at City Hall over student-housing
Arrest
Virginia Beach woman Jessica Pinsky was charged with disorderly conduct for kicking a "Trump Train" pickup at a "No Kings" rally; the case is pending
Prosecution
Eleview International owner Oleg Nayandin and a senior employee, Vitaliy Borisenko, were sentenced for illegally exporting millions of dollars of U.S. technology to Russia through third countries
Documented cases
211 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Troy Claiborne
Troy “Blocko” Claiborne is a prisoner at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia whose supporters campaigned for le...
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Claud Clark
Released
Claud Clark was an organizer of the National Textile Workers Union. The Daily Worker of September 8, 1934, pag...
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Leslie A. Cole
Leslie A. Cole was a Navy conscientious objector imprisoned for refusing military duties and uniform requireme...
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William Cross
Released
William Cross was from Leesburg, Virginia. William Cross was a Leesburg citizen held as a hostage for civilian...
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Jasmine Juliet Cuellar
Released
Jasmine Juliet Cuellar joined a March 11, 2024 Palestine-solidarity action that blocked Interstate 95 near Ric...
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George Davoren
Released
George Davoren appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dra...
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Ollie Dawson
Released
Ollie Dawson, also recorded as Ollie Dorson, was a Black laborer prosecuted in Princess Anne County, Virginia,...
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Charles H. Drummond
Released
Charles H. Drummond was from Norfolk, Virginia. Charles H. Drummond was brought from Fort Norfolk after 'a sor...
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William Eagles
Released
William Eagles was a Vietnam-era draft resister and attender of Raleigh Meeting. He was imprisoned at Petersbu...
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Thomas W. Edwards
Released
Thomas W. Edwards was from Leesburg, Virginia. Thomas W. Edwards was a Leesburg citizen held as a hostage for...
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Spot Etal
Spot Etal joined an anti-nuclear sit-in at North Anna, Virginia, on August 7, 2008. The Nuclear Resister repor...
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Charles F. Fadeley
Released
Charles F. Fadeley was from Leesburg, Virginia. Charles F. Fadeley was a Leesburg citizen held as a hostage fo...
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Marianne W. Fowler
Released
Marianne W. Fowler was a Virginia organizer for the Equal Rights Amendment. Capitol police arrested her on Feb...
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Albert Wilfred Fullwood
Released
Albert Wilfred Fullwood was a conscientious objector from Virginia imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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F. L. Galleher
Released
F. L. Galleher was from Loudoun County, Virginia. F. L. Galleher was a Loudoun County citizen prisoner capture...
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Archie Gibbs
Released
Archie Gibbs was a twenty-two-year-old seaman and member of the Marine Workers Industrial Union who served for...
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Emily Gillespie
Released
Emily “Gabby” Gillespie is an environmental activist from Roanoke, Virginia, whose work with Mountain Justice...
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Russell Gordon
Russell Gordon was a thirteen-year-old Black boy jailed at Norfolk, Virginia. A June 8 dispatch published in t...
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William White Graham
Released
William White Graham was the teenage fourth member of the Tuller group's 1972 self-styled revolutionary crime...
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Jay Harker
Released
Jay Harker appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft and co...
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George W. Harris
Released
George W. Harris was from Loudoun County, Virginia. George W. Harris was a Baptist minister seized as a hostag...
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Oscar Ervin Hartman
Released
Oscar Ervin Hartman was a Virginia Mennonite conscientious objector. He refused induction in May 1918 and hid...
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William Hockstra
William Hockstra, printed William Hockstra with the name divided across lines, was an ex-serviceman arrested a...
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Max Hudson Gray Holland
Released
Max Hudson Gray Holland joined a March 11, 2024 Palestine-solidarity action that blocked Interstate 95 near Ri...
Institutions in Virginia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Virginia that appear in the census’s case files.
Castle ThunderRichmond, Virginia
22 cases
Castle GodwinRichmond, Virginia
21 cases
Occoquan Workhouse
15 cases
Virginia State PenitentiaryRichmond, Virginia
12 cases
Occoquan Workhouse / DC JailLorton, Virginia
11 cases
Charles Town Jail (Jefferson County)Charles Town, Virginia
7 cases
FCI PetersburgHopewell, Virginia
6 cases
Federal Reformatory, PetersburgPetersburg, Virginia
3 cases