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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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Morris E. Shubin
Released
Morris E. Shubin was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Cour...
R
Robert Skinner
Released
Robert "Bobby" Skinner was a Black community organizer in Tucson, Arizona — active in educating his people but...
G
George V. Strode
Released
George V. Strode was from Jills, Arizona. George V. Strode was sentenced to two years in prison. He served in...
I
Ivan Sussoyeff
Released
Ivan Sussoyeff was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. He lef...
M
Myrtle Taylor
Myrtle Taylor was arrested when Phoenix police attacked a demonstration for increased unemployment relief on S...
D
Donnell Thomas
Released
Donnell Thomas was one of four Black men charged in the October 3, 1969 hold-up killing of liquor-store clerk...
B
Bruno Treviño
Released
Bruno Treviño was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to Mexic...
U
Ukioma
Ukioma was a Hopi leader among nineteen people detained at Alcatraz in 1895. The National Park Service history...
M
Mrs. Ray Urman
Mrs. Ray Urman was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution b...
M
Morris Urman
Morris Urman was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution by...
M
Michael Vance
Released
Michael Vance was listed among imprisoned draft and conscientious resisters in contemporary CCCO reports from...
L
Leonardo Villarreal
Released
Leonardo Villarreal was a Partido Liberal Mexicano refugee seized in Arizona in autumn 1906 and turned over to...
T
Teri Volpin
Teri Volpin was one of the Tucson Five, witnesses jailed for refusing federal grand-jury questions during an i...
L
Lee Weinberg
Lee Weinberg was one of the Tucson Five, witnesses jailed for refusing federal grand-jury questions during an...
C
Charles Wesson
Charles Wesson was named among twenty-eight defendants in the Phoenix FERA relief-workers strike prosecution b...
F
F. F. Wren
Released
F. F. Wren was one of the six Molokan absolutists from Glendale, Arizona who refused the WWI draft. Court-mart...
F
Feodor Fedorevich Wren
Released
Feodor Fedorevich Wren was a Molokan conscientious objector from Arizona imprisoned during World War I. Court-...
A
Art Zack
Released
Art Zack was listed among imprisoned draft and conscientious resisters in contemporary CCCO reports from 1970...
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