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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.
302Documented
2In custody
283Released
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
302 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Case Johnson
One of the six 'Reidsville Brothers' facing the death penalty over the July 23, 1978 Reidsville prison rebelli...
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Erik Johnson
Released
Erik Johnson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2001 SOA Watch vigil to close the U...
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Niklan Jones-Lezama
Released
Niklan Jones-Lezama crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to clo...
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Forest Jordan
One of the six 'Reidsville Brothers' facing the death penalty over the July 23, 1978 Reidsville prison rebelli...
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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...
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Alvin Joseph
Released
Alvin Joseph is a Gwinnett County, Georgia defendant who was arrested in June 2020 on federal charges of attem...
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Rebecca Kanner
Released
Rebecca Kanner crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced t...
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Douglas Kasper
Released
Douglas Kasper crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Scho...
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Judith Kelly
Released
Judith Kelly crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months.
Each...
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Ken Kennon
Released
Arizona minister and peace activist involved in Tucson SOA Watch. Jailed in 1998 following the School of the A...
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Sr. Moira Kenny
Released
Sr. Moira Kenny crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Sch...
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Joel Kilgour
Released
Joel Kilgour crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to...
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Richard John Kinane
Released
Richard John Kinane crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Senten...
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Lonnie C. King Jr.
Released
Lonnie C. King Jr. was a leader of the Atlanta student movement (the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights) who...
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Chisom Kingston
Released
Atlanta defendant prosecuted for the June 13, 2020 arson of the Wendy's restaurant at 125 University Avenue —...
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Yvonne Klein
Released
Yvonne Klein participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 196...
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Margaret Knapke
Released
Margaret Knapke crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Sch...
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Rae Kramer
Released
Rae Kramer crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close the U....
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Per Laursen
Released
Per Laursen, a Danish journalist traveling with the riders, was among those arrested in Albany, Georgia, on De...
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Mimi Lavalley
Released
Mimi Lavalley crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months.
Eac...
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Lucille Lawrence
Released
Lucille Lawrence was indicted and held on $5,000 bond, charged under Georgia's insurrection law in 1934 — the...
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Dwight Lawton
Released
Retired business officer, Navy veteran and farmworker-rights advocate. Jailed in 1998 following the School of...
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Annie Mae Leathers
Released
Annie Mae Leathers was a white Southern textile striker indicted for insurrection, charged under Georgia's ins...
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Laurel Amary Leckert
Released
One of seven Stop Cop City protesters arrested July 29, 2022 in the first wave of arrests defending the Atlant...
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