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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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Frank Norton
Released
Frank Norton was arrested June 18, 1932 at the Bonus Army grounds in Tucson while distributing leaflets to une...
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Leif Kingfisher Nicholas Novak
Awaiting Trial
Leif Kingfisher Nicholas Novak is defendant #42 of the 61 people indicted on September 5, 2023 under the Georg...
J
Jose R. Pedilla
Jose R. Pedilla was named in the Daily Worker of February 7, 1935, page 2, among immigrant workers threatened...
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Clarence Phillips
Clarence Phillips was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecutio...
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Lázaro Puente
Released
Lázaro Puente was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to Mexic...
P
Putofa
Putofa was a Hopi leader among nineteen people detained at Alcatraz in 1895. The National Park Service history...
M
Mark Quinnan
Mark Quinnan participated in the EcoRaiders environmental campaign near Tucson, Arizona. A 2006 University of...
R
Rade Radokovich
Released
Rade Radokovich, whose surname also appears as Radikovich in the headline, was detained in Tucson, Arizona for...
R
Robert Reidy
Released
Robert Reidy appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
G
Gabriel Rendon
Gabriel Rendon was named in an Arizona report in the Daily Worker of February 7, 1935, page 2, as facing a dep...
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Rufine Rendon
Rufine Rendon was named in the Daily Worker of February 7, 1935, page 2, among immigrant workers threatened wi...
R
Raynaldo Rivera
Released
Raynaldo Rivera, known online as neuron, royal and wildicv, was a member of LulzSec, an offshoot the Justice D...
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Will Rose (Phoenix relief strike, 1934)
Will Rose was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by the...
G
Gabriel Rubio
Released
Gabriel Rubio was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to Mexic...
A
Abraham Salcido
Released
Abraham Salcido was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to Mex...
J
James Sanchez
James Sanchez was identified as an Indian worker tried on riot charges arising from the Phoenix FERA relief-wo...
M
Mark Warren Sands
Released
Mark Warren Sands was prosecuted for setting fires at homes under construction near protected desert land in t...
M
Manuel Sarabia
Released
Manuel Sarabia was a Partido Liberal Mexicano militant. Manuel Sarabia was seized on June 30, 1907, in Arizona...
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Ivan William Sasaepp
Released
Ivan William Sasaepp was a conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
D
David Scheffer
David Scheffer was one of the Tucson Five, witnesses jailed for refusing federal grand-jury questions during a...
J
Jeffrey Segal
Released
Jeffrey Segal appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draf...
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Oscar Shepard
Oscar Shepard was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
A
A. F. Shubin
Released
A. F. Shubin was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Court-ma...
A
Andrew Shubin
Released
Andrew Shubin was a conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
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