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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.

301Documented
2In custody
282Released
7Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Georgia

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

2000s 127 2020s 38 1960s 30 1970s 25 1990s 24 1930s 17

Documented cases

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

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Bill McNulty
Released
Former teacher and carpenter who helped establish community food services. Jailed in 1998 following the School...
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Lee Mickey
Released
Lee Mickey crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 30 days. 67-year-...
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Abigail Miller
Released
Abigail Miller crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close th...
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Rachel Montgomery
Released
Rachel Montgomery crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months....
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Fred Moore
Released
Fred Moore visited the CNVA peace walkers and was jailed for two days after asking Albany police about their d...
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J. A. Moreland
Released
J. A. Moreland was indicted and held on $5,000 bond, charged under Georgia's insurrection law in 1934 — the sa...
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Tom Morgan
Released
Tom Morgan was sentenced to two years in prison. He served in Atlanta Penitentiary from April 14, 1919, to Nov...
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Donald W. Nelson
Released
Donald W. Nelson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S....
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Summer Nelson
Released
Summer Nelson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2001 SOA Watch vigil to close the...
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Melanie Nadine Noyes
Released
One of seven people arrested July 29, 2022 at the unfinished Georgia State University Convocation Center while...
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Alan Nyysola
Released
Alan Nyysola participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 196...
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Michael David Omondi
Released
Michael David Omondi crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the...
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J.C. Orton
Released
J.C. Orton crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months. Each y...
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Dorothy Pagosa
Released
Dorothy Pagosa crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Scho...
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Michaele Pasquale
Released
Michaele Pasquale crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close...
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Ray Lee Patterson
Released
Ray Lee Patterson was a Black U.S. Marine sergeant convicted of the self-defense killings of two white Georgia...
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Roy Lee Patterson
25-year-old Black Marine sergeant sentenced to natural life by a majority-white Cordele, Georgia jury for the...
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M. H. Powers
Released
M. H. Powers, a Trade Union Unity League iron-workers' organizer and Communist district organizer from St. Pau...
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Lois Putzier
Released
Lois Putzier crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to...
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Alexander Racolin
Released
Alexander Racolin was held without bond in the DeKalb County jail, charged under Georgia's insurrection law in...
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Josh Raisler Cohn
Released
Josh Raisler Cohn crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentence...
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Carol Richardson
Released
United Methodist minister and SOA Watch organizer who also worked with Witness for Peace. Jailed in 1998 follo...
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Richard M. Ring
Released
Richard M. Ring crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close t...
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Eric Robinson
Released
Eric Robinson participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 19...

Institutions in Georgia

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

DeKalb County JailDecatur, Georgia
40 cases
U.S. Penitentiary AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
32 cases
Fulton County JailAtlanta, Georgia
30 cases
USP AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
27 cases
Georgia PenitentiaryMilledgeville, Georgia
11 cases
Atlanta City JailAtlanta, Georgia
8 cases
Georgia State PrisonReidsville, Georgia
7 cases
Fulton Tower PrisonAtlanta, Georgia
5 cases