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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
Recent dashboard entries from Arizona
The newest published events and reporting located in Arizona, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
Border Patrol arrests Lochiel tree defenders before cutting down cottonwood
Arrest
Three land defenders jailed overnight after disrupting border-wall construction in Cochise County
Arrest
Rubio approved a memo to detain Colombian activist Beto Coral, New York Times reports
Arrest
ICE Detains Petro Ally as Trump Accused of Interfering in Colombia Election
Protest
Two UNITE HERE organizers arrested for trespassing while protesting Aramark dining-worker pay at an ASU commencement
Prosecution
A man is indicted for trying to set fire to the Surprise ICE building
Protest
Communities Not Cages rally against the Project Blue data center
Other
A US citizen is detained for hours by ICE at a Phoenix protest
Documented cases
138 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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John Banks
Released
John Banks appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft and co...
J
Jose Barcenas
Jose Barcenas was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
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Paul Barnes
Released
Paul Barnes appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
C
Charles Bauman
Charles Bauman was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution b...
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Rene Christopher Bracamonte
Released
Rene Christopher Bracamonte, age 34, threatened the life of former Vice President Mike Pence at the Westin La...
W
William Broom
William Broom was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
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Harry Broome
Harry Broome was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
P
Patrick Bryan
Released
Patrick Bryan appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
J
Joseph Caswell
Joseph Caswell was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution b...
W
William Cleary
William Cleary, also known as Bill Cleary, was a Bisbee lawyer and Socialist whom Leslie Marcy's September 191...
D
David Cole
David Cole was individually identified as arrested June 20, 1983 while attempting to deliver a personal messag...
J
J. D. Conovaloff
Released
J. D. Conovaloff was one of six Molokan absolutists from the Glendale, Arizona community — Russian sectarian p...
J
Jake Conovaloff
Released
Jake Conovaloff was a Molokan conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Mendel Cooper
Released
Mendel Cooper appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
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Kendall Copperberg
Released
Kendall Copperberg appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of...
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Florentino Costello
Florentino Costello was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecut...
M
Matthew Crozier
Released
Matthew Crozier, an Esquire Magazine writer, was charged with Rod Coronado in 2005 for entering Sabino Canyon...
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Simon Dalton
Simon Dalton was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
M
Mike Darr
Mike Darr was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by the...
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Frank Dolling
Released
Frank Dolling appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
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Pamela Donaldson
Pamela Donaldson was one of the Tucson Five, witnesses jailed for refusing federal grand-jury questions during...
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Timothy Du Bois
Released
Timothy Du Bois appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dr...
K
Karen Duncan
Karen Duncan was one of the Tucson Five, witnesses jailed for refusing federal grand-jury questions during an...
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Albert Eggert
Albert Eggert was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
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