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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 Florida.

189Documented
12In custody
171Released
3Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Florida

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

2000s 43 1950s 29 2020s 26 1930s 25 2010s 23 1960s 18

Documented cases

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

E
Edward T. Graham
Released
The Rev. Edward T. Graham was a Miami minister and NAACP leader, one of four witnesses cited for contempt by t...
G
G. E. Graves
Released
G. E. Graves Jr. was an NAACP attorney in Miami, cited for contempt by the Florida Legislative Investigating C...
L
Lemuel Green
Released
Lemuel Green was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activist arrested and jailed during the December...
F
Frank Guido
Released
Frank Guido was a Tampa-born Young Pioneer leader beaten by police and Legionnaires, who put a noose around hi...
L
Luz Mery Gutierrez Vergara
Released
Luz Mery Gutierrez Vergara, age 32, GAAR-cluster defendant. 31 months federal prison + 36 months supervised re...
R
Raul Guzman
Released
Raul Guzman, 24, of Lakeland, FL was charged with inciting a riot following his participation in a Black Lives...
S
Sameeh Taha Hammoudeh
Released
Sameeh Taha Hammoudeh, PIJ Tampa co-defendant indicted Feb 19, 2003. Found not guilty on 10 counts; remaining...
A
Arthur Hardge
Released
Arthur Hardge was among the interfaith group of Freedom Riders arrested at the Tallahassee airport in June 196...
A
Adham Hassoun
Released
Well known for his vocal and financial support of Islamic groups, Adham Hassoun served as an important connect...
N
Naudimar Herrera
Released
Naudimar Herrera was the only Liberty City defendant to be acquitted at the third trial. He was held in federa...
T
Terrance Lee Hester
Released
Terrance Lee Hester Jr., 20, of Tampa, FL was charged with arson after a May 30-31, 2020 protest near a shoppi...
S
Sam Hirsch
Released
Sam Hirsch was a former director of Miami Beach's Biltmore Playhouse indicted on eight counts of perjury in 19...
D
David Hitchcock
Released
David Hitchcock, 30 at the time and of Dania Beach, Florida, was one of the "GEO9," a group of Fort Lauderdale...
G
Gamaly Hollis
Released
Gamaly Hollis is a Miami-Dade mother who served 364 days in the Miami-Dade County jail for violating a judge's...
C
Cellicia Latoya Hunt
Released
Cellicia Latoya Hunt, age 35, attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at a federal CSI building in Oakland Park...
J
Jorge Abel Ibarguen-Palacio
Released
Jorge Abel Ibarguen-Palacio (Turbo), age 40, was captured in a boat off the coast of Panama in 2009 following...
A
Arthur Jackson
Released
Arthur Jackson, a white Communist and the husband of Rose Jackson, was arrested and jailed in the 1938 Fort La...
R
Rose Jackson
Released
Rose Jackson was a 38-year-old white Communist Party organizer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, arrested in the 19...
W
Wilhelmina Jakes
Released
Wilhelmina Jakes was a Florida A&M College student arrested with Carrie Patterson on May 26, 1956 — on a charg...
K
Kifah Wael Jayyousi
Released
Kifah Jayyousi, a co-defendant with Jose Padilla and Adham Hassoun, was a mechanical engineer who ran an organ...
C
Crawford Louis Jones
Released
Crawford Louis Jones was a St. Petersburg Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activist arrested and jail...
H
Hafiz Muhammad Sher Ali Khan
Released
South Florida imam Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, and his sons Irfan Khan, 37, and Izhar Khan, 24, allegedl...
I
Irfan Khan
Released
South Florida imam Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, and his sons Irfan Khan, 37, and Izhar Khan, 24, allegedl...
I
Izhar Khan
Released
South Florida imam Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, and his sons Irfan Khan, 37, and Izhar Khan, 24, allegedl...

Institutions in Florida

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

FCI MariannaMarianna, Florida
11 cases
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of FloridaGainesville, Florida
8 cases
Palm Beach County JailWest Palm Beach, Florida
8 cases
Florida State PrisonRaiford, Florida
7 cases
Raiford PenitentiaryRaiford, Florida
7 cases
Miami FDCMiami, Florida
4 cases
Hillsborough County JailTampa, Florida
4 cases
Florida state prisonLakeland, Florida
3 cases