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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 Texas.
154Documented
23In custody
98Released
3Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Texas
Where Texas’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 48
2020s 29
2000s 18
1970s 18
2010s 9
1930s 8
Documented cases
154 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Shukri Abu-Baker
In Custody
Hukri Abu-Baker was the president of the Holy Land Foundation, the largest Islamic charity in the United State...
Cameron Arnold
In Custody
Cameron Arnold, who goes by Autumn Hill, is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 20...
Savanna Batten
In Custody
Savanna Batten is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Nathan Baumann
In Custody
Nathan Baumann is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prair...
Ghassan Elashi
In Custody
Ghassan Eashi was a Palestinian born American businessman who founded the holy land foundation which was the l...
Zachary Evetts
In Custody
Zachary Evetts is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Joy Gibson
In Custody
Joy Gibson, also known as Rowan, is a trans nonbinary activist from Texas and the partner of fellow Prairielan...
Alvaro Hernández
In Custody
Alvaro Luna Hernandez was a political organizer with Cesar Chavez and the Chicano Movement who in 1975, was ch...
Susan Kent
In Custody
Susan Kent is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairiela...
Rebecca Morgan
In Custody
Rebecca Morgan, approximately 24 years old at the time of her arrest, is a Dallas, Texas resident with a degre...
Meagan Morris
In Custody
Meagan Morris (birth name Bradford Morris) is a transgender woman and activist from Texas who served as a van...
Monsour Owolabi
In Custody
Monsour Owolabi is a New Afrikan poet, writer and prisoner-organizer serving life without parole in Texas sinc...
Maricela Rueda
In Custody
Maricela Rueda is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Daniel Sanchez Estrada
In Custody
Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, known as Des, is the husband of co-defendant Maricela Rueda. He was not presen...
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
In Custody
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was a Pakistani neuroscientist and MIT graduate Aafia Siddiqui is a US-educated Pakistani n...
Seth Sikes
In Custody
Seth Sikes is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairiela...
Benjamin Song
In Custody
Benjamin Song, also known as Champagne, was the only defendant convicted of attempted murder in the Prairielan...
Elizabeth Soto
In Custody
Elizabeth Soto is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Ines Soto
In Custody
Ines Soto is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Detention...
John Thomas
In Custody
John Thomas is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairiel...
Yaakub Ira Vijandre
In Custody
Yaakub Ira Vijandre is a 38-year-old Filipino-American photojournalist, videographer, and longtime pro-Palesti...
Mufid Abdulqader
Released
Mufid Abdulqader was a Palestinian born United States citizen who worked as a senior project manager in the p...
Mehrdad Moein Ansari
Released
Mehrdad Moein Ansari has been publicly described as a defendant convicted in a U.S. export-control case involv...
Rakem Balogun
FBI-targeted over Facebook posts; felon-in-possession; ~6 months pretrial detention then indictment DISMISSED....
Institutions in Texas
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Texas that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort Sam Houston Disciplinary BarracksSan Antonio, Texas
17 cases
Tarrant County JailFort Worth, Texas
10 cases
Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville
5 cases
Texas State Penitentiary, HuntsvilleHuntsville, Texas
5 cases
Federal Correctional Institution, TexarkanaTexarkana, Texas
4 cases
Fort Sam HoustonSan Antonio, Texas
4 cases
Prairieland ICE Detention CenterAlvarado, Texas
2 cases
Harris County District CourtHouston, Texas
2 cases