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Texas
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.
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Leonardo Vásquez
Released
Leonardo Vásquez was one of the Mexican revolutionaries convicted in the 1913 Rangel-Cline case in Texas, capt...
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Maukt Wand
Released
Maukt Wand, from Houston, Texas, was sentenced to fifteen months in prison and served in Atlanta Penitentiary...
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James Wheatley
James Wheatley Corporal of the 24th Infantry Regiment. Cpl. James Wheatley was hanged with twelve fellow 24th...
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Sylvia Diane Wilson
Released
Sylvia Diane Wilson was arrested in December 2005 for heckling Vice President Dick Cheney at a public event. S...
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Albin R. Wolfe
Released
Albin R. Wolfe was a conscientious objector from Texas imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refu...
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Albert D. Wright
Albert D. Wright Pvt. Albert D. Wright of the 24th Infantry was sentenced to death in one of the later Houston...
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Risley W. Young
Risley W. Young Private of the 24th Infantry Regiment. Pvt. Risley W. Young of the 24th Infantry was hanged at...
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Rosley W. Young
Private Rosley W. Young was one of the thirteen soldiers of the all-Black 24th Infantry Regiment hanged at Cam...
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Mara Youngdahl
Released
Mara Youngdahl was one of the "Moody Park Three," members of People United to Fight Police Brutality charged w...
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Antonio de Pío Araujo
Released
Antonio de Pío Araujo was arrested on September 14, 1908, in Texas and imprisoned at the Leavenworth Federal P...
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