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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

Lochiel, AZ · AZPM / LOOKOUT
Arrest

Three land defenders jailed overnight after disrupting border-wall construction in Cochise County

Cochise County, AZ · Unicorn Riot
Arrest

Rubio approved a memo to detain Colombian activist Beto Coral, New York Times reports

Phoenix, AZ · The New York Times
Arrest

ICE Detains Petro Ally as Trump Accused of Interfering in Colombia Election

Arizona · Newsweek
Protest

Two UNITE HERE organizers arrested for trespassing while protesting Aramark dining-worker pay at an ASU commencement

Tempe, AZ · Arizona State Press
Prosecution

A man is indicted for trying to set fire to the Surprise ICE building

Phoenix federal courthouse, AZ · Arizona's Family
Protest

Communities Not Cages rally against the Project Blue data center

Project Blue site (Houghton Rd), Tucson, AZ · Tucson Spotlight
Other

A US citizen is detained for hours by ICE at a Phoenix protest

Phoenix, AZ · Copper Courier
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Documented cases

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

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Kenneth Emmett
Released
Kenneth Emmett appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dra...
G
Geoffrey Fishman
Released
Geoffrey Fishman appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of d...
J
Jose Florez
Jose Florez was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by t...
M
Maria Bejareno Gonzales
Maria Bejareno Gonzales was a foreign-born worker whom the Daily Worker of February 7, 1935, page 2, reports w...
R
Richard Gould
Released
Richard Gould appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
W
William Gutierrez
Released
William Gutierrez was listed among imprisoned draft and conscientious resisters in contemporary CCCO reports f...
M
Myrtle Harris
Myrtle Harris was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
J
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
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Hebima
Hebima was a Hopi leader among nineteen people detained at Alcatraz in 1895. The National Park Service history...
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Robin Heidel
Released
Robin Heidel appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
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Carlos Humbert
Released
Carlos Humbert was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to Mexi...
K
Kaetena
Kaetena was a Chiricahua Apache chief arrested by Brigadier General George Crook during his campaign in Arizon...
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William Kelly
Released
William Kelly was a Florida-born defendant in the federal prosecution known as the Tucson Six. Prosecutors acc...
I
Ivan Kulikoff
Released
Ivan Kulikoff was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Court-m...
J
John Kulikoff
Released
John Kulikoff was a conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
J
John Lynch
Released
John Lynch was a Florida-born defendant in the federal prosecution known as the Tucson Six. Prosecutors accuse...
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Harry Mahle
Harry Mahle was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by t...
E
Elihu Mansfield
Elihu Mansfield was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution...
M
Michael Martin
Released
Michael Martin, known as Mixey or Mixie, was an Irish republican from County Down imprisoned in the United Sta...
E
Ervin Muhlman
Ervin Muhlman was a German seaman and former salesman, twenty-seven, whose letter from a Yuma jail was publish...
B
Brad Munns
Brad Munns was individually sentenced August 3, 1984 for a Tax Day anti-nuclear action at Motorola and carried...
C
Clay Naff
Released
Clay Naff led unemployed workers in Phoenix, Arizona, and ran for governor as a Communist in 1934. He was arre...
H
Hugo Nations
Hugo Nations was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
G
Gregory Nelson
Released
Gregory Nelson appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dra...

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
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