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Puerto Rico

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

Documented cases

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

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Zoraida Cancel Miranda
Zoraida Cancel Miranda was a nationalist and the daughter of Rafael Cancel Rodríguez. A nationalist, daughter...
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William Candelario
Released
William was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
R
Roberto Caraltini
Released
Roberto was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
Á
Ángel Carmona-Tapia
Ángel Carmona-Tapia was arrested by the Navy on April 27, 2001 during the Vieques protest at Cayo Yayí, also k...
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Paulino Castro
Paulino was a Nationalist leader imprisoned after the 1950 uprising. The Nationalist leader was held at Puert...
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Martín Castro Avila
Released
Martín Castro Avila was arrested for MST second brigade trespass on Vieques range as part of the sustained 199...
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Luis Castro Quesada
Released
Luis Castro Quesada was president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party’s local organization in Ponce. He help...
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Elga Mari Castro Ramos
Released
Elga Mari Castro Ramos was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on...
C
Cruz Cecilia López
Released
Cruz was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S...
R
Radamés Acosta Cepeda
Radamés Acosta Cepeda is identified in the police roster of a May Day labor march in Puerto Rico in 1980. A co...
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Oscar Charriez Lozada
Released
Oscar Charriez Lozada was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as par...
Á
Ángel Luis Class-Alvarado
Ángel Luis Class-Alvarado was arrested by the Navy on April 27, 2001 during the Vieques protest at Cayo Yayí,...
C
Candita Collazo
Candita was a member of Hijas de la Libertad prosecuted in 1937 for allegedly placing a bomb, wrapped in a Uni...
C
Carlos Colón
Released
Carlos was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U...
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Luciano Colón
Released
Luciano was one of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the...
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Pedro Colón Almenas
Released
Pedro Colón Almenas was a University of Puerto Rico student activist and member of the Union of Socialist Yout...
O
Oscar Colón Delgado
Oscar Colón Delgado was arrested with his brother on November 5, 1950. Oscar’s unpublished autobiography cited...
R
Raúl Colón Delgado
Raúl Colón Delgado was arrested with his brother on November 5, 1950. Oscar’s unpublished autobiography cited...
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Julio Colón Feliciano
Julio Colón Feliciano was a Utuado nationalist captured with his brother Ángel after the surrender at Damián T...
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Ángel Colón Feliciano
Ángel was a Utuado nationalist captured with his comrades after surrendering from the house of Damián Torres d...
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Antonio Colón González
Antonio was a participant in the Jayuya insurgency known as Don Toño. Known as Don Toño, he joined the Jayuya...
O
Orlando Colón Leyro
Orlando was the captain of the Mayagüez Cadets arrested and tried after the 1937 Ponce massacre. The captain...
A
Alfredo J. Colón Meléndez
Released
Alfredo J. Colón Meléndez was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training...
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Félix Colón Morera
Released
Félix Colón Morera participated in the Vieques campaign against U.S. Navy operations with a father, Noel Colón...

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