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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.
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Peter Gregonis
Released
Peter Gregonis participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 1...
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Andrew Griggs
Andrew Griggs is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting...
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Frances Guzman Lago
Released
Frances Guzman Lago crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army...
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Blanton Hall
Blanton Hall was arrested at the Albany bus station’s white waiting room on the afternoon of November 22, 1961...
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Prathia Hall
Prathia Hall was detained during civil-rights demonstrations reported in May 1963.
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Bobby Hardwick
Released
Bobby Hardwick was a Black inmate activist at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville who, The Black Panther re...
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Martha Harris
Martha Harris is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting...
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Don Haselfeld
Released
Don Haselfeld crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Schoo...
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Rachel Louise Hayward
Released
Rachel Louise Hayward crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sent...
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Willa Mae Henderson
Released
Willa Mae Henderson was an Albany State College student arrested as a bystander at the Albany train station on...
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Anne Herman
Released
Anne Herman was a teacher and human-rights activist associated with the Zachaeus Catholic Worker House in Bing...
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Dick Horner
Dick was a Fort Gordon soldier jailed after organizing a GI War Crimes Commission.
A report reprinted from Th...
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Lisa Hughes
Released
Lisa Hughes crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
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Nathan Hurd
Nathan Hurd was a Black worker living next door to Walter and Edith Washburn. The August 10 Atlanta dispatch r...
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Jackson Ingram
Released
Jackson Ingram was a Black Georgian jailed in what his defenders called a racial frame-up on theft and false-i...
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Paddy Inman
Released
Paddy was a Spokane teacher and peace activist involved in community support programs. Jailed in 1998 followin...
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Carrie Jackson
Carrie Jackson is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meetin...
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Charlie Jackson
Charlie Jackson is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeti...
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Eula Jackson
Eula Jackson is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting...
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Tyrone Jackson
Released
Tyrone Jackson participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 1...
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Becky Johnson
Released
Becky Johnson was a Catholic Worker and School of the Americas protester. She was imprisoned in 2003 and descr...
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Tim Johnson
Tim was a Fort Gordon soldier jailed after organizing a GI War Crimes Commission.
A report reprinted from The...
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Julia Jones
Released
Julia Jones was a Black Atlanta member of the International Workers Order. Police arrested her during the Octo...
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Sam Jordan
Released
Sam Jordan was a young Black man facing extradition from Bayonne, New Jersey to a Georgia chain gang over the...
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