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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.
Tommye Williams
Tommye Williams was wounded in both thighs during the raid on Central Avenue headquarters. The Party newspaper...
Brian Willson
Released
S. Brian Willson is an American attorney, U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War (he served as a combat sec...
Martin Wilson
Released
Martin Wilson was a Communist and an organizer with the Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union (CAW...
Josh Wolf
Released
Josh Wolf was a freelance video blogger and internet videoblogger who was jailed by a Federal district court o...
Jennie Wolfson
Released
Jennie Wolfson was one of the staff of the communist children's summer camp at Yucaipa, California convicted i...
Jeane Wong
Jeane “Blue” Wong is a San Diego educator and immigration enforcement protest organizer. Federal agents arrest...
Dean Wyrzykowski
Awaiting Trial
Dean Wyrzykowski, 29, of San Francisco, California, is an animal-rights activist and one of four co-defendants...
Einosuke Yamaguchi
Released
Einosuke Yamaguchi, also recorded as Enosuke Yamaguchi and Pauley, was a Japanese radical organizer in Los Ang...
Oleta O'Connor Yates
Released
Oleta O'Connor Yates was the California CPUSA chair; lead named defendant in Yates v. United States, 354 U.S....
Karl Yoneda
Released
Karl Yoneda was a Japanese-American Communist and labor organizer active on the California waterfront and in t...
Wendy Yoshimura
Released
Wendy Yoshimura is a Japanese-American artist prosecuted for the 1972 Berkeley explosives and weapons case. Sh...
George "Duck" Young
George Young, known as Duck, was a Los Angeles Panther listed in the contemporary LA 18 defense campaign. The...
Peter Young
Released
Peter Young is an animal rights activist and the first person convicted of Animal Enterprise Terrorism. His ch...
Joyanna Zacher
Released
Joyanna "Sadie" Zacher is an environmentalist and a former Green Scare prisoner affiliated with the Earth Libe...
Curtis Zahn
Released
Curtis Zahn was a poet, playwright and journalist who spent a year in federal prison as a conscientious object...
Gustavo Zamora
Released
Mexican-American defendant whose surname gave its name to the appellate decision that overturned the Sleepy La...
Michael ZinZun
Released
Michael ZinZun was a Black Southern California community activist described by The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.4...
Conrad de Jesus
Conrad de Jesus protested U.S. support for Israel by blocking the Golden Gate Bridge in April 2024. A jury con...
Wilhelm von Brincken
Released
Wilhelm von Brincken was a German diplomat and military attaché who in 1915 was assigned to the German Consula...
Eckhardt H. von Schack
Released
Eckhardt H. von Schack was the German Vice-Consul in San Francisco. In October 1914, in the early months of Wo...
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Russell Gomez Dzul
In Custody
Russell Gomez Dzul was stopped by Border Patrol while riding a bicycle in Los Angeles County on June 7, 2025 d...
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Stefano Deong Green
In Custody
Stefano Deong Green was federally arrested on October 29, 2025 over alleged conduct during the June 8 anti-imm...
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Adam Charles Palermo
In Custody
Adam Charles Palermo was federally detained in August 2025 over conduct during the June 8 anti-immigration-enf...
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Christopher M. Perry
In Custody
Christopher M. Perry was taken into federal custody in August 2026 after an investigation into the alleged Whi...
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