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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.
280Documented
2In custody
261Released
7Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Georgia
Where Georgia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2000s 125
2020s 38
1960s 29
1970s 25
1930s 17
1800s 14
Documented cases
280 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Edith Snyder
Released
Edith Snyder participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 196...
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Michael Sobol
Released
Michael Sobol crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close the...
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Cheryl Sommers
Released
Cheryl Sommers crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. A...
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Miriam Spencer
Released
Miriam Spencer crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced t...
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Christopher Spicer
Released
Christopher Spicer crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U....
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Henry Storey
Released
Henry Storey, a Black World War veteran and Atlanta metal- and print-shop worker who chaired the American Negr...
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Richard Streb
Released
Richard Streb was sentenced to six months in federal prison for repeat trespass at the U.S. Army School of the...
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Corbin Street
Released
Corbin Street crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months.
Eac...
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Raymond Michael Surya
Released
One of seven people arrested July 29, 2022 at the unfinished Georgia State University Convocation Center while...
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David A. Sylvester
Released
David A. Sylvester crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army...
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A. Lenora Taitt
Released
A. Lenora Taitt, an Atlanta University graduate and SNCC activist who rode the train from Atlanta, was among t...
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Dave Tarbell
Released
Dave Tarbell crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
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Charley Tennenbaum
Released
Charley Tennenbaum is an activist who was arrested on April 28, 2023 in Cartersville, Georgia along with two c...
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Jennifer Termon
Released
Jennifer Termon was one of eight Atlanta-chapter members of the Black Panther Party arrested on November 9, 19...
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Benjamin F. Thompson
Released
Benjamin F. Thompson was a white resident of the Cherokee Nation convicted on September 15, 1831 under Georgia...
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James A. Thompson
Released
James A. Thompson was a white resident of the Cherokee Nation convicted on September 15, 1831 under Georgia's...
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John Thompson
Released
The Reverend John Thompson was an American Board (ABCFM) missionary in the Cherokee Nation. He was arrested tw...
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Cheryl Todd
Black woman who, with Dessie Woods, was the target of an attempted rape by Ronnie Horne on June 16, 1975; char...
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Derrlyn Tom
Released
Derrlyn Tom crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months.
Each...
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Bruce Triggs
Released
Bruce Triggs crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months. Reent...
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Mary Trotochaud
Released
Mary Trotochaud was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for SOA Watch sign-alteration on September 29, 19...
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James J. Trott
Released
James J. Trott was a Methodist itinerant missionary in the Cherokee Nation who was arrested at least three tim...
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Hazel Tulecke
Released
Hazel Tulecke crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to...
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Al Uhrie
Released
Al Uhrie was a CNVA peace-walk supporter jailed at Albany during the January 1964 solidarity vigil.
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