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West 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 West Virginia.
85Documented
1In custody
55Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in West Virginia
Where West Virginia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 24
1920s 23
2010s 14
1910s 8
1970s 5
1700s 3
Recent dashboard entries from West Virginia
The newest published events and reporting located in West Virginia, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Man charged with destroying Flock cameras found army of defenders on Facebook
Other
Trump's DOJ Shut Down a Criminal Investigation Into Sen. Jim Justice's Coal Companies
Protest
Teamsters beer-delivery workers strike over contract concessions near Charleston
Arrest
Six arrested for trespassing, including a congressional candidate and clergy, in a Moral Mondays sit-in at the Morgantown office of Senator Shelley Moore Capito over Medicaid and SNAP cuts
Protest
Candlelight vigil for immigrants at the Jefferson County Courthouse
Protest
Tucker County residents rally against a data center at a WVDEP air-quality hearing
Protest
Mountaineers Indivisible holds a Workers Over Billionaires protest at WVU
Protest
Six arrested in a sit-in at Sen. Capito's office over SNAP and Medicaid cuts
Documented cases
85 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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George Barrett
George Barrett was individually listed at the West Virginia state prison in Moundsville in The Daily Worker of...
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Charles Bock
Released
Charles Bock was a West Virginia coal miner imprisoned at the Moundsville penitentiary under a ninety-nine-yea...
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Frank Bodo
Released
Frank Bodo was one of the union miners imprisoned at the West Virginia penitentiary in Moundsville after the J...
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Paul Bosko
Released
Paul Bosko was a Socialist from Parkersburg, West Virginia. Paul Bosko began serving a fifteen-year prison sen...
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Frank Brbot
Released
Frank Brbot was a striking miner from Triadelphia, West Virginia, imprisoned at the state penitentiary in Moun...
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Frank Broot
Frank Broot is individually named in the International Labor Defense political-prisoner directory reproduced b...
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Hollie Brown
Hollie Brown was president of the Charleston City Workers’ Union during the sanitation strike that began July...
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John Caudill
John Caudill was individually identified as an imprisoned labor or political prisoner at Moundsville, West Vir...
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Alex Chessman
Released
Alex Chessman was a West Virginia coal miner imprisoned at the Moundsville penitentiary (inmate no. 16282), li...
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Willis Christon
Willis Christon was individually identified as an imprisoned labor or political prisoner at Moundsville, West...
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Charles Cialia
Released
Charles Cialia was one of the union miners imprisoned at the West Virginia penitentiary in Moundsville after t...
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Lige Cline
Lige Cline was individually listed at the West Virginia state prison in Moundsville in The Daily Worker of Jan...
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John Collins
John Collins was individually listed at the West Virginia state prison in Moundsville in The Daily Worker of J...
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Steve Collins
Steve Collins was individually listed at the West Virginia state prison in Moundsville in The Daily Worker of...
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George Cratz
Released
George Cratz was a union miner imprisoned at Moundsville following the July 17, 1922 Cliftonville mine battle...
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Eli Della
Eli Della was a Weirton steelworker and Amalgamated Association union member. In testimony reported by the Dai...
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Joe Diacz
Released
Joe Diacz was a union miner imprisoned at Moundsville following the July 17, 1922 Cliftonville mine battle dur...
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Alex Dorsey
Alex Dorsey was individually named in a Daily Worker report about the National Miners Union strike near Mounds...
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Joe Dumas
Released
Joe Dumas was a foreign-born Charleston, West Virginia resident targeted in a November 1953 McCarran-Walter Ac...
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Martin S. Duncan
Released
Martin S. Duncan was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from West Virginia imprisoned during Worl...
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Bill Estep
Bill Estep was individually listed at the West Virginia state prison in Moundsville in The Daily Worker of Jan...
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Harve Estep
Harve Estep was a Wayne County member of the West Virginia Unemployed Leagues. The Daily Worker of December 12...
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Otto Frederickson
Moe Bragin’s The Farmers Meet, page 4 of the February 27, 1933 Daily Worker, reports that Arkansas farm-confer...
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Stanley Glass
Stanley Glass, 22, secretary of the West Virginia Unemployed Leagues, faced prosecution under the Redman Act f...
Institutions in West Virginia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in West Virginia that appear in the census’s case files.
West Virginia State PenitentiaryMoundsville, West Virginia
18 cases
Federal Reformatory for Women, AldersonAlderson, West Virginia
10 cases
West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville
10 cases
Federal Prison Camp, AldersonAlderson, West Virginia
4 cases
Mill Point Federal Prison CampMill Point, West Virginia
4 cases
Fort RandolphPoint Pleasant, West Virginia
3 cases
FPC BeckleyBeaver, West Virginia
2 cases
FPC AldersonAlderson, West Virginia
2 cases