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California
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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James Workman
Released
James Workman was a striking gold miner in Jackson, California. Sheriff Lucot arrested him and fellow union me...
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Patrick Wright
Released
Patrick Wright was a U.S. Army prisoner and one of the Presidio 27. On October 14, 1968, twenty-seven prisoner...
R
Robert Wright
Released
Robert Wright, identified as Robert (17X) Wright, was a Nation of Islam member detained following a January 25...
W
W. H. Wright
W. H. Wright was listed as an actual class-war prisoner at San Quentin in the International Labor Defense holi...
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Wilt Wright
Released
Wilt Wright was an IWW member from Portola. Wilt Wright received a four-year prison sentence, which he served...
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Louis Yamamoto
Released
Louis Yamamoto was a Japanese-American Communist organizing farm workers in California's Central Valley during...
J
Jiro Yamashiro
Jiro Yamashiro was an Okinawan gardener and labor activist. Yushi Yamazaki's 2020 study, printed p. 102 and no...
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N. Yamashita
Released
N. Yamashita was named among the political prisoners jailed in Los Angeles in 1932 who sent revolutionary gree...
D
Dadisi Yero
Dadisi Yero was among the prisoners who organized a Black August commemoration while in secured housing at Sol...
D
Daniel S. Yoder
Released
Daniel S. Yoder was from Applecreek, Oklahoma. Daniel S. Yoder was aMennoniteand objected to military service...
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Evan Yoes
Released
Evan Yoes was an Everyman I crew member jailed after the CNVA voyage opposing Pacific nuclear weapons tests in...
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Kitajiro Yoshioka
Kitajiro Yoshioka was a domestic worker and editor of Proletarian Art. Yushi Yamazaki's 2020 study, printed p....
E
Ed Yost
Released
Ed Yost was a U.S. Army soldier and one of the "Presidio 27" — the stockade prisoners at the Presidio of San F...
P
Peter Yvanovitch
Peter Yvanovitch was incarcerated at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville and organized for HIV medica...
L
Larry Zaino
Released
Larry Zaino was a U.S. Army soldier and one of the "Presidio 27" — the stockade prisoners at the Presidio of S...
T
Tom Zanger
Tom Zanger was one of ten IWW witnesses arrested after their testimony at the Casdorf–Firey trial. The June 14...
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Nassim Zerriffi
Released
Nassim Zerriffi was arrested during a May 22, 2002 demonstration in Santa Cruz, California, opposing Represent...
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W. T. Zimi
W. T. Zimi was one of six Los Angeles workers reported held for deportation following a raid on Communist Part...
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Fernando Zinsun
Fernando Zinsun, reported as 34 years old and living in Wilmington, was named among defendants in the Los Ange...
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Javier A. Zubiate
Javier A. Zubiate was a California prisoner represented in the March 20, 2012 public petition to the United Na...
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Joseph Zukas
Released
Joseph Zukas was financial secretary of a State, County & Municipal Workers of America (SCMWA-CIO) local in Vi...
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