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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 California.
1,533Documented
32In custody
958Released
13Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in California
Where California’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 361
1970s 206
1960s 205
1910s 176
2020s 125
1980s 90
Recent dashboard entries from California
The newest published events and reporting located in California, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Whistleblower alleges FBI targeted Los Angeles anti-ICE protesters
Prosecution
Charges dropped against five Stanford students over pro-Palestine protest
Prosecution
Judge dismisses all charges against the Stud Alley 18 arrested during San Francisco Pride weekend
Protest
Two injured at Teamsters protest outside Amazon warehouse; sheriff says motorcyclist intentionally struck crowd
Other
Five invited reporters held at gunpoint by Vandenberg Space Force Base security
Other
Photojournalist Steven Berumen shoved by federal officers while covering an LA immigration protest
Prosecution
Anti-ICE protester accused of pouring lighter fluid on CHP car is sentenced to prison
Prosecution
Westlake man sentenced for anti-ICE protest actions
Documented cases
1,533 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Steven Soliah
Released
Steven Soliah was arrested on September 18, 1975.
House painter and brother of Kathleen Soliah, a member of t...
F
Frederick Franklin Solkind
Frederick Franklin Solkind was among six people arrested in a Richmond, California house raid on February21,19...
A
Antonio Solorzano
Released
Antonio Solorzano was an organizer of the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union. In its October 13...
N
Nesrey Sood
Released
Nesrey Sood, then 26 and from Oakland, California, was a U.S. Army soldier and one of the "Presidio 27" — the...
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M. Sornaman
M. Sornaman is individually listed in the January 1931 Labor Defender political-prisoner directory under Angel...
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Rose Spector
Rose Spector is individually named in Page 3's November 11 Los Angeles report among those arrested in the prec...
M
Michael E. Spencer
Michael E. Spencer was a California prisoner represented in the March 20, 2012 public petition to the United N...
M
Michael Sprague
Released
Michael Sprague was imprisoned at Lompoc as a draft or conscientious resister during the 1960s.
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Harold Stallings
Released
Harold Stallings was an Everyman I crew member jailed after the CNVA voyage opposing Pacific nuclear weapons t...
F
Frank Stanek
Frank Stanek was released from San Jose jail after a drunkenness conviction carrying ten dollars or two days,...
K
Kayla Starr
Released
Kayla Starr was individually reported as sentenced July 21, 1983 to ten jail days and seventy community-servic...
N
Nick Steelik
Released
Nick Steelik was an IWW organizer from Los Angeles. Nick Steelik was arrested on September 19, 1919, for ''wil...
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William Stein
Released
William Stein was an IWW member from Los Angeles. William Stein received a one- to fourteen-year prison senten...
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C. C. Stemler
Released
C. C. Stemler was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecution...
B
Brook Stevens
Brook Stevens was convicted of trespass following the April 23, 1984 protest against Diablo Canyon licensing a...
R
Ricky Stevens
Released
Ricky Stevens was a U.S. Army prisoner and one of the Presidio 27. On October 14, 1968, twenty-seven prisoners...
M
Miriam Stevenson
Released
Miriam Stevenson was a former union organizer held without bail on Terminal Island under the McCarran Act — on...
S
Stewart
Stewart was arrested while sitting with Winters in a car outside the union meeting hall. The April issue ident...
B
Baldy Stewart
Baldy Stewart was an IWW prospector whom Fred W. Thompson recalled being imprisoned.
Thompson recalls an olde...
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Scott D. Stoner
Scott D. Stoner was a California prisoner represented in the March 20, 2012 public petition to the United Nati...
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Robert P. Stover
Released
Robert P. Stover, better known to friends and fellow workers as "Ed" Stover, was an Industrial Workers of the...
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Jack Strivers
Released
Jack Strivers was a Sacramento City College student, athlete and Black community organizer. A former Black Pan...
J
Jymbo Sudan
Released
Jymbo Sudan was a Black Panther Party member jailed for contempt during a California court appearance by Bobby...
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Tuchi Suguki
Tuchi Suguki was a California Japanese Labor Union leader from the Garden Grove workers’ camp arrested by depu...
Institutions in California
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in California that appear in the census’s case files.
San Quentin State PrisonSan Quentin, California
171 cases
Federal Bureau of Prisons
60 cases
Sharp Park Detention CampSharp Park, California
33 cases
Presidio StockadeSan Francisco, California
28 cases
Los Angeles County JailLos Angeles, California
26 cases
Folsom State PrisonFolsom, California
22 cases
San Quentin Rehabilitation CenterSan Quentin, California
16 cases
Metropolitan Detention Center, Los AngelesLos Angeles, California
15 cases