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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.
F
Fred Landis
Fred Landis was an author and critic of CIA psychological warfare and media operations. Returning from Mexico...
C
Charleen Lane
Charleen Lane was a New York Black Panther Party member reportedly detained by FBI and local police after arri...
D
Donnell Langford
The Black Panther identified these incarcerated defendants as awaiting trial arising from the April 6, 1968 Oa...
W
W. H. Langley
Released
W. H. Langley was arrested with W. Howard in San Pedro, California, on May 11, 1932, on suspicion of criminal...
D
Donnell Lankford
Released
Donnell Lankford was a member of the Black Panther Party arrested in the April 6, 1968 gun battle between Pant...
L
Larry Larson
The Militant reports that Progressive Labor Party members Sue Bethel and Larry Larson were arrested during the...
L
Louis Lavine
Released
Louis Lavine was an IWW member arrested near Hornbrook, California in early 1917. A March 1917 IWW account tit...
R
Robert Lawrence
Released
Robert Lawrence was imprisoned at Lompoc as a draft or conscientious resister during the 1960s.
J
Joanna LeDeaux
A Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee assistant, Joanna LeDeaux was imprisoned for refusing grand-jur...
O
Odin Lee
The July 16 Western Worker, in a San Francisco dispatch dated July 7, identifies Odin Lee as a Chinese worker...
C
Charles Leese
The California defense report individually identifies Charles Leese as convicted at Eureka and sentenced to on...
L
L. N. Legendre
Released
L. N. Legendre was from Los Angeles, California. L. N. Legendre began serving a two-year prison sentence on Ju...
S
Stuart Lennox
Released
Stuart Lennox was a Australian Greenpeace participant jailed in California following the 2001 Vandenberg anti-...
G
Guy Levecher
Released
Guy Levecher was a Canadian Greenpeace participant jailed in California following the 2001 Vandenberg anti-mis...
E
Eugene Levin
Released
Eugene Levin was a physician drafted into the Army under the Doctors Draft Law and denied a commission after i...
G
George Levison
Released
George Levison was beaten and arrested on a vagrancy charge in the July 1934 vigilante raid on the Internation...
J
Jim Leweke
Jim Leweke was individually named among the four men kept in jail over the Good Friday April 1, 1983 Livermore...
L
Lillian Lewis
Lillian Lewis was named in the November 22, 1934 Western Worker continuation listing San Francisco Jefferson P...
R
R. V. Lewis
Released
R. V. Lewis was given a one- to fourteen-year prison sentence for violating the California Criminal Syndicalis...
R
Roger Lewis
Roger “Blue” Lewis was a member of the Southern California Black Panther Party. He was held in Los Angeles Cou...
L
Limpricht (San Pedro maritime striker)
Released
A maritime striker identified only as Limpricht was among six workers arrested and held in San Pedro on assaul...
B
Bear Lincoln
Released
Eugene Bear Lincoln, a member of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, was charged with murder after...
G
G. Lindfors
Released
G. Lindfors was from Los Angeles. G. Lindfors received a three-year prison sentence, which he served in San Qu...
E
Ethel Linn
Released
Ethel Linn was brought from Canada to the United States at age six. Immigration authorities arrested her in Lo...
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