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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 Puerto Rico.

477Documented
0In custody
346Released

Eras of repression in Puerto Rico

Where Puerto Rico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

2000s 274 1950s 91 1930s 33 1980s 24 1970s 24 1940s 20

Recent dashboard entries from Puerto Rico

The newest published events and reporting located in Puerto Rico, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Protest

Activists protest ICE detentions in a San Juan neighborhood

Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR · The Latino Newsletter
Arrest

Tito Kayak arrested at an anti-government protest outside La Fortaleza

La Fortaleza, Old San Juan, PR · Metro Puerto Rico
Protest

Madres Contra la Guerra protest US militarization at Muniz Air Base

Muniz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, PR · El Nuevo Dia
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Documented cases

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

A
Arnaldo José González
Released
Arnaldo was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
J
José Juan Cora
Released
José was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S...
P
Pedro Juan Méndez
Released
Pedro was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U....
Z
Zoraida Laboy
Released
Zoraida was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
B
Brian Ladd
Released
Brian Ladd participated in a Christian Peacemaker Teams prayer action at the Navy bombing range in Vieques and...
L
Luis Lausell
Released
Luis Lausell was a Puerto Rican labor leader imprisoned in a tax-protest case. Libertad’s October 1986 issue r...
A
Agustin Lebrón
Released
Agustin was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
D
Diego Ledée
Released
Diego was one of the Vieques 4, sentenced in 1979 to federal prison for protesting US Navy bombing on the isla...
A
Anne Lee
Released
Anne Lee was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of the sust...
G
Gerard Liebisch
Released
Gerard Liebisch was from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gerard Liebisch was sentenced to four years in prison. He serv...
R
Rubén Lucena
Released
Rubén was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U....
E
Elicer Lugo
Elicer Lugo was a participant in the 1950 nationalist uprising in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, according to Workers Wo...
E
Estanislao Lugo
Estanislao was the commander of the Ponce forces arrested while trying to reach Jayuya after the 1950 uprising...
R
Rubén Lugo
Released
Rubén was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U....
N
Norma Lugo Maldonado
Released
Norma Lugo Maldonado was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on Vi...
J
José Luis Nieves
Released
José was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S...
M
Maria Luisa Guzmán
Released
Maria was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U....
R
Rafael López
Released
Rafael was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U...
R
Rafael López Rosa
Rafael López Rosa was a Nationalist leader imprisoned after the 1941 selective-service prosecutions. The thesi...
T
Tomás López de Victoria
Released
Tomás López de Victoria was a Puerto Rican Nationalist organizer born in Juana Díaz and raised in Ponce. As ca...
H
Héctor M. Otero
Released
Héctor was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U...
J
Julio M. Ramos
Released
Julio was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U....
U
Ubaldo M. Soto
Released
Ubaldo was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U...
R
Roberto José Maldonado Rivera
Released
Roberto José Maldonado Rivera, a Puerto Rican attorney, was prosecuted in Connecticut in the Wells Fargo robbe...

Institutions in Puerto Rico

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

Metropolitan Detention Center GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
95 cases
Federal Detention Center, GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
93 cases
Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
20 cases
MDC GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
15 cases
La PrincesaSan Juan, Puerto Rico
9 cases
Vega Alta Women's PrisonVega Alta, Puerto Rico
4 cases
Arecibo Women's JailArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case
District Jail, AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case
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