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Utah
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 Utah.
36Documented
2In custody
32Released
Eras of repression in Utah
Where Utah’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1990s 13
2020s 8
2000s 5
2010s 3
1910s 3
1800s 3
Documented cases
36 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Alex Jason Hall
Released
Alex Jason Hall, age 22, pleaded guilty to AETA charges for the 2009 release of approximately 650 mink from a...
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Julio Cesar Irungaray
Released
Julio Cesar Irungaray is a 56-year-old longtime Salt Lake City resident, father, and community activist, origi...
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Mark Klein
Released
Mark Klein, age 19, was one of four animal-rights activists who set fire to a McDonalds under construction in...
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Cameron Michael Kraus
Released
Cameron Michael Kraus, age 18, was one of three ALF defendants charged for the attempted arson of Montgomery F...
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Ryan David Lucero
Released
Ryan David Lucero, 33, of Magna UT, charged September 9, 2020 with influencing a federal officer by threat aft...
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Latroi Devon Newbins
Released
Latroi Devon Newbins, 28, charged July 23, 2020 with arson in Salt Lake City after the May 30, 2020 BLM protes...
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Adam Troy Peace
Released
Adam Troy Peace, age 20, was indicted in 1998 alongside the Ellerman brothers for the 1997 pipe-bombing of the...
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Grover H. Perry
Released
Grover H. Perry, an experienced organizer for the IWW and secretary-treasurer of the Metal Mine Workers Indust...
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M. C. Sullivan
M. C. Sullivan was a traveling delegate of the Oil Workers Industrial Union of the Industrial Workers of the W...
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Jason Troff
Released
Jason Troff, age 19, was one of four animal-rights activists who set fire to a McDonalds under construction in...
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William James Viehl
Released
William James Viehl, age 23, pleaded guilty to AETA charges for the 2009 release of approximately 650 mink fro...
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Bret G. Walton
Released
Bret G. Walton, age 18, was one of three ALF defendants charged for the attempted arson of Montgomery Fur Comp...
Institutions in Utah
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Utah that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort Douglas War Prison BarracksSalt Lake City, Utah
17 cases
Weber County JailOgden, Utah
3 cases
Salt Lake County JailSalt Lake City, Utah
3 cases
Utah State PrisonSugar House, Utah
2 cases
Utah Territorial PenitentiarySalt Lake City, Utah
2 cases
Oxbow JailSalt Lake City, Utah
2 cases
Salt Lake County DetentionSalt Lake City, Utah
1 case
Tanforan Assembly Center / Topaz War Relocation CenterTopaz, Utah
1 case