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Arizona

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 Arizona.

61Documented
0In custody
54Released
2Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Arizona

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

1910s 21 2020s 8 1900s 7 2010s 6 1980s 5 2000s 4

Documented cases

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

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Manuel Sarabia
Released
Manuel Sarabia, a Partido Liberal Mexicano militant, was seized on June 30, 1907, in Arizona and kidnapped acr...
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Ivan William Sasaepp
Released
Ivan William Sasaepp was a conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
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A. F. Shubin
Released
A. F. Shubin was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Court-ma...
A
Andrew Shubin
Released
Andrew Shubin was a conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
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Morris E. Shubin
Released
Morris E. Shubin was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Cour...
R
Robert Skinner
Released
Robert "Bobby" Skinner was a Black community organizer in Tucson, Arizona — active in educating his people but...
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George V. Strode
Released
George V. Strode, from Jills, Arizona, was sentenced to two years in prison. He served in Leavenworth Penitent...
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Ivan Sussoyeff
Released
Ivan W. Sussoyeff (also rendered Sussoff) was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who re...
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Donnell Thomas
Donnell Thomas was one of four Black men charged in the October 3, 1969 hold-up killing of liquor-store clerk...
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Bruno Treviño
Bruno Treviño was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to Mexic...
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Leonardo Villarreal
Leonardo Villarreal was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to...
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F. F. Wren
Released
F. F. Wren was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Court-mart...
F
Feodor Fedorevich Wren
Released
Feodor Fedorevich Wren was a Molokan conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-...

Institutions in Arizona

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

Hermosillo penitentiary
7 cases
Arizona State PenitentiaryFlorence, Arizona
3 cases
Phoenix RRMPhoenix, Arizona
2 cases
Maricopa County Jail (4th Avenue)Phoenix, Arizona
1 case
USP TucsonTucson, Arizona
1 case
Coconino County Detention FacilityFlagstaff, Arizona
1 case
Federal Correctional Institution, PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona
1 case
Pinal County Jail
1 case