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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.
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Kurt Otto Adrian
Kurt Otto Adrian is individually listed in the INS civilian custody roster as confined at Sharp Park Detention...
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Alexander Akridgejacobs
Released
Alexander Akridgejacobs was one of the eleven defendants in the San Diego County District Attorney's prosecuti...
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Roberta Alexander
Released
Roberta Alexander was a Berkeley civil-rights and antiwar activist who participated in the Free Speech Movemen...
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Michele Alfaro
Released
On May 13, 2021 Michele Alfaro, 24, pled "no contest" to a charge of looting and was sentenced to 1 year count...
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J. C. Allen
Released
J. C. Allen was from Eureka. J. C. Allen received a three-year prison sentence for having an IWW membership ca...
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Mark Edward Allen
Released
Mark Edward Allen was thirteen years old when Monrovia, California, police arrested him on suspicion of shopli...
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O. C. Allen
O. C. Allen was a Black prisoner at Soledad State Prison and one of the Soledad Seven, a group the Black Panth...
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Philip Allen
Released
Philip L. Allen was a 20-year-old Los Angeles City College student arrested on January 1, 1975 after Los Angel...
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Darwin Alonso
Darwin Alonso was one of four named defendants held after a raid on workers seeking relief near Winters, Calif...
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Ebel Alonso
Ebel Alonso was one of four named defendants held after a raid on workers seeking relief near Winters, Califor...
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Mario Ernesto Alvarado
Released
Mario Ernesto Alvarado, 42, charged August 4, 2020 with arson for setting fire to Pizzeria Mozza / Mozza2Go in...
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Rudy Alvarez
Released
On July 2, 2020 Rudy Alvarez, 24, was charged with aiming a laser pointer at a San Diego Police Department air...
R
Reuel Amdur
Released
Reuel Amdur was convicted in Berkeley for setting up a sidewalk table without a permit to gather clemency sign...
B
Bashar Amer
Bashar Amer was one of the Los Angeles Eight, detained in U.S. maximum-security prisons for several weeks in 1...
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A. E. Anderson
Released
A. E. Anderson was given a four-year prison sentence for giving testimony in court on behalf of a fellow membe...
C
Craig W. Anderson
In Exile
Craig W. Anderson was one of the Intrepid Four, four enlisted U.S. Navy sailors who refused to return to the a...
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Steve Anderson
Released
Steve Anderson appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
B
Bent Andresen
Released
Bent Andresen was a conscientious objector and War Resisters League member. After leaving Civilian Public Serv...
C
Charles Andrews
Released
Charles Andrews was an IWW member from Los Angeles. Charles Andrews received a three-year prison sentence, whi...
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Steve Argue
Released
Steve Argue is known for antiwar street protest organizing in Santa Cruz during the late 1990s, where demonstr...
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Jose Arispe
Page 3 individually identifies Mexican worker Jose Arispe among those arrested with attorney Leo Gallagher, Bl...
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Federico Arizméndez
Released
Federico Arizméndez was jailed in the Los Angeles criminal-libel campaign against the Partido Liberal Mexicano...
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Joseph Arizpe
Joseph Arizpe was a Mexican worker arrested at the Los Angeles twelfth-anniversary mass meeting commemorating...
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Esteban Armenta Arias
Esteban Armenta Arias was arrested on June 10, 2025, at a protest against federal immigration enforcement outs...
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
Metropolitan Detention Center, Los AngelesLos Angeles, California
14 cases