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California
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 California.
1,526Documented
39In custody
898Released
17Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in California
Where California’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 354
1970s 205
1960s 198
1910s 174
2020s 131
1980s 90
Recent dashboard entries from California
The newest published events and reporting located in California, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Whistleblower alleges FBI targeted Los Angeles anti-ICE protesters
Prosecution
Charges dropped against five Stanford students over pro-Palestine protest
Prosecution
Judge dismisses all charges against the Stud Alley 18 arrested during San Francisco Pride weekend
Protest
Two injured at Teamsters protest outside Amazon warehouse; sheriff says motorcyclist intentionally struck crowd
Other
Five invited reporters held at gunpoint by Vandenberg Space Force Base security
Other
Photojournalist Steven Berumen shoved by federal officers while covering an LA immigration protest
Prosecution
Anti-ICE protester accused of pouring lighter fluid on CHP car is sentenced to prison
Prosecution
Westlake man sentenced for anti-ICE protest actions
Documented cases
1,526 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Ammaad Akhtar
In Custody
Ammaad Akhtar was arrested in Stockton, California, on June 24, 2025. Federal prosecutors allege that he sent...
Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji
In Custody
Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji was prosecuted after a confrontation between opposing Israel–Palestine demonstrations...
Samir Ousman Alsheikh
In Custody
Samir Ousman Alsheikh, a former director of Syria's Adra Prison and provincial governor under Bashar al-Assad,...
Todd Lewis Ashker
In Custody
Todd Lewis Ashker is a California prison organizer who helped build the movement against indefinite solitary c...
Audrey Carroll
In Custody
Audrey Illeene Carroll, of South Los Angeles, is one of four people charged in the alleged Turtle Island Liber...
Michael Zaharibu Dorrough
In Custody
Michael Zaharibu Dorrough, legally Michael Reed Dorrough, is a California prison writer and organizer against...
Mutope Duguma
In Custody
Mutope Duguma, identified by CDCR as James Daren Crawford, is a New Afrikan writer and participant in Californ...
Edin Alex Enamorado
In Custody
Edin Alex Enamorado, of Upland, California, is a street-vendor-rights activist known for viral social-media vi...
Yachua Mauricio Flores
In Custody
Yachua Mauricio Flores pleaded guilty to interfering with law enforcement during the June 8, 2025 anti-immigra...
Dante Gaffield
In Custody
Dante Gaffield, of South Los Angeles, is one of four people charged in the alleged Turtle Island Liberation Fr...
Casey Goonan
In Custody
Casey Robert Goonan is a Bay Area Palestine-solidarity activist convicted in a federal prosecution arising fro...
Haki Malik Abdullah
In Custody
New Afrikan political prisoner held in California prisons including Folsom and Corcoran, CDC #C-56123. Listed...
Emiliano Garduño Gálvez
In Custody
Emiliano Garduño Gálvez was arrested after a June 7, 2025 anti-immigration-enforcement protest in Paramount, C...
Seyed Eissa Hashemi
In Custody
Seyed Eissa Hashemi is an Iranian-born psychology and business professor who had lived in the United States fo...
James “Doc” Holiday
In Custody
James “Doc” Holiday is a longtime Black liberation and prison organizer associated with the Black Guerrilla Fa...
Joka Heshima Jinsai
In Custody
Joka Heshima Jinsai, legally Shannon Lemar Denham, is an incarcerated writer and community organizer associate...
Peter Karasev
In Custody
Peter Karasev, 38, US citizen of San Jose CA, was indicted October 19, 2023 for two willful destructions of Sa...
Tina Lai
In Custody
Tina Lai, of Glendale, California, is one of four people charged in the alleged Turtle Island Liberation Front...
Shamim Mafi
In Custody
Shamim Mafi is a 44-year-old Iranian national, a lawful permanent resident of the United States since 2016, wh...
Andrew Mickel
In Custody
Andrew Hampton McCrae Mickel shot and killed Red Bluff, California police officer David Mobilio at a gas stati...
Zachary Page
In Custody
Zachary Aaron Page, of Torrance, California, is one of four people charged in the alleged Turtle Island Libera...
Elpidio Reyna
In Custody
Elpidio Reyna participated in the June 7, 2025 confrontation between anti-ICE protesters and federal officers...
Bryan Omar Roa
In Custody
Bryan Omar Roa was arrested on June 13, 2026 and accused of participating in an anti-government plot to attack...
Jennifer Rose
In Custody
Jennifer Amelia Rose — formerly known as Jennifer Gann, and called "Babygirl" by supporters — is a transgender...
Institutions in California
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in California that appear in the census’s case files.
San Quentin State PrisonSan Quentin, California
171 cases
Federal Bureau of Prisons
60 cases
Sharp Park Detention CampSharp Park, California
33 cases
Presidio StockadeSan Francisco, California
27 cases
Los Angeles County JailLos Angeles, California
26 cases
Folsom State PrisonFolsom, California
22 cases
San Quentin Rehabilitation CenterSan Quentin, California
16 cases
San Diego County JailSan Diego, California
13 cases