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Georgia
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 Georgia.
423Documented
3In custody
340Released
9Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Georgia
Where Georgia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2000s 126
1960s 81
1930s 55
2020s 40
1970s 34
1990s 24
Recent dashboard entries from Georgia
The newest published events and reporting located in Georgia, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Folkston ICE detainees launch hunger strike
Other
Reporter Sal Insinga assaulted and equipment damaged while covering a Cedartown protest
Arrest
Colby Williams arrested after four Cobb County Flock cameras were burned and a “DeFlock” sticker was found
Other
Flock worker calls police on InvestigateTV reporter filming public camera installation
Prosecution
Cop City activist Sam Tunick challenges federal prosecution over alleged phone wiping during a border search
Arrest
Five Black women arrested at Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race after a locked-arms "Not Another 250" action on the July Fourth course
Protest
Social Circle leaders rally at the state Capitol against a planned ICE detention center
Prosecution
Stanley Yi Zheng, Matthew Kelly and Tommy Shad English were charged in a roughly $170 million scheme to smuggle export-controlled AI servers and chips to China through Thailand
Documented cases
423 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Kamau Sadiki
In Custody
Kamau Sadiki was a Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army member. In 1971 an Atlanta police officer was...
John Wade
In Custody
John Wade is a U.S. activist prosecuted in the federal cases brought after the 2020 George Floyd uprising. Act...
Colby Derek Williams
In Custody
Colby Derek Williams was arrested on September 3, 2026 after Cobb County police accused him of burning and sho...
Pearl Brown
Released
Pearl Brown was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participating...
Carolyn DeLoatch
Released
Carolyn DeLoatch was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after particip...
Verna Hollis
Released
Verna Hollis was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participatin...
Joni Rabinowitz
Joni Rabinowitz was an Antioch College student and SNCC voter-registration worker in Albany, Georgia. In a con...
J. D. Davenport
J. D. Davenport was one of the Dawson Five, five young Black men arrested in January 1976 on murder charges in...
Henderson Watson
Henderson Watson was one of the Dawson Five, five young Black men arrested in January 1976 on murder charges i...
James Edward Jackson Jr.
James Edward Jackson Jr. was one of the Dawson Five, five young Black men arrested in January 1976 on murder c...
Roosevelt Watson
Roosevelt Watson was one of the Dawson Five, five young Black men arrested in January 1976 on murder charges i...
Johnny B. Jackson
Johnny B. Jackson was one of the Dawson Five, five young Black men arrested in January 1976 on murder charges...
Ralph W. Allen
Released
Ralph W. Allen was a SNCC worker and one of the "Americus Four", arrested on August 8, 1963 after a demonstrat...
Joan Anderson
Released
Joan Anderson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Schoo...
W. G. Anderson
Released
Dr. W. G. Anderson was the leader of the Albany Movement, the broad desegregation campaign in Albany, Georgia....
Judah Coleman Bailey
Released
Judah Coleman Bailey was federally prosecuted for joining four other people in setting fire to a Gainesville,...
Edith Balot
Released
Edith Balot crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
Carol Barner-Seay
Released
Carol Barner-Seay was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after partici...
Jack Beaman
Released
Jack Beaman is an activist from Georgia who was arrested on March 5, 2023 at the Atlanta Public Safety Trainin...
Kevin Benderman
Released
Kevin Benderman was a U.S. Army mechanic whose Iraq service and religious beliefs led him to seek conscientiou...
Ozone Bhaguan
Released
Ozone Bhaguan crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Schoo...
Judy Bierbaum
Released
Judy Bierbaum crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Schoo...
Charles Booker-Hirsch
Released
Charles Booker-Hirsch crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to c...
William Holmes Borders
Released
William Holmes Borders was arrested on January 10, 1957.
The Reverend William Holmes Borders was pastor of At...
Institutions in Georgia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Georgia that appear in the census’s case files.
DeKalb County JailDecatur, Georgia
39 cases
U.S. Penitentiary AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
36 cases
Lee County StockadeLeesburg, Georgia
36 cases
Fulton County JailAtlanta, Georgia
30 cases
USP AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
26 cases
Albany City JailAlbany, Georgia
18 cases
Georgia PenitentiaryMilledgeville, Georgia
11 cases
Atlanta City JailAtlanta, Georgia
8 cases