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Arizona

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 Arizona.

138Documented
3In custody
86Released
2Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Arizona

Where Arizona’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1930s 36 1960s 21 1910s 21 2020s 12 1970s 9 1990s 8

Documented cases

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

Darlene Nicgorski
Released
Sister Darlene Nicgorski was a School Sister of St. Francis who became a leading organizer of the Sanctuary Mo...
Laro Nicol
Released
Laro Nicol was an ex-marine and long-time social justice activist in Phoenix Arizona who was involved in Phoen...
Joseph A. Oates
Released
Joseph A. Oates was a miner from Globe, Arizona. Joseph A. Oates was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Chicag...
Dana Rae Park
Released
Dana Rae Park appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
Peter Perruchon
Released
Peter Perruchon was from Tucson, Arizona. Peter Perruchon began serving a three-year prison sentence on June 4...
Loren Reed
Released
Loren Reed, 26, of Page AZ, used a private Facebook group to organize a riot and plan to burn down the Page Ma...
John Robbins
Released
John Robbins was from Miami, Arizona. John Robbins was sentenced to two years in prison, which he served in Le...
William Rodgers
Released
William Courtney Rodgers, known throughout the radical ecology and animal liberation movements as Avalon, was...
Christopher Ruff
Released
Christopher Ruff is an Arizona First Amendment auditor who publishes police encounters under the name Direct D...
August Sandberg
Released
August Sandberg was from Tucson, Arizona, and was imprisoned for alleged seditious remarks. The official 1921...
Samuel Ward
Released
Samuel Ward is an activist from Arizona who was arrested on March 5, 2023 at the Atlanta Public Safety Trainin...
Scott Warren
Released
Scott Daniel Warren is a geographer and humanitarian aid volunteer with No More Deaths / No Más Muertes, a Tuc...
Jerry Wheeler
Released
Jerry Wheeler was a participant in the San Francisco-to-Moscow Walk for Peace who left the march to commit civ...
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Ian William Moses
In Custody
Ian William Moses was arrested on April 28, 2025 after setting fire to a Tesla vehicle and dealership in Mesa,...
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Rene Ortiz
In Custody
Rene Ortiz was arrested on January 17, 2025 after delivering written threats to federal courthouses that calle...
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James Porter
James Porter was a Communist candidate for Arizona secretary of state detained in the prosecution following th...
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Ramon Garcia
Ramon Garcia was a defendant in the Phoenix relief-workers’ strike prosecution of 1934. A contemporary Western...
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Felix Garcia
Felix Garcia was detained in connection with the Phoenix relief-workers’ strike prosecution of 1934. A Novembe...
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Charles H. McCall
Charles H. McCall was a defendant in the prosecution following the Phoenix relief-workers’ strike of 1934. An...
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James B. Carr
James B. Carr was a defendant in the prosecution following the Phoenix relief-workers’ strike of 1934. An Octo...
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Michael Pehle
Michael Pehle had opposed the Palo Verde nuclear power plant in 1979 and refused an imposed fine. On February...
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Akram Musa Abdallah
Released
Akram Musa Abdallah, also known as Abu Saiaf, was born in Jericho, Jordan, on July 5, 1954 and later became a...
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Ilse Asplund
Released
Ilse Asplund is an Arizona environmental activist and community health educator prosecuted with the Arizona Fi...
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Louis Baltomeo
Released
Louis Baltomeo appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...

Institutions in Arizona

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

Hermosillo penitentiary
7 cases
Federal Correctional Institution, TucsonTucson, Arizona
3 cases
Arizona State PenitentiaryFlorence, Arizona
3 cases
Phoenix RRMPhoenix, Arizona
2 cases
Maricopa County Jail (4th Avenue)Phoenix, Arizona
1 case
USP TucsonTucson, Arizona
1 case
Coconino County Detention FacilityFlagstaff, Arizona
1 case
Federal Correctional Institution, PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona
1 case