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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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Vinh Tan Nguyen
Released
Vinh Tan Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American age 63, was convicted of misuse of a passport to facilitate an act of i...
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Elizabeth Nichols
Released
Elizabeth Nichols was an Agricultural and Cannery Workers Union delegate to the Paris women’s congress. Helen...
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Alex Nicholson
Released
Alex Nicholson was an IWW member from Eureka. Alex Nicholson received a four-year prison sentence, which he se...
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Meikichi Nishimura
Meikichi Nishimura was a Japanese Communist organizer. Yushi Yamazaki's 2020 study, printed pp. 96, 103 and no...
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James Nolan
Released
James Nolan was arrested in California and jailed while awaiting trial in the Sacramento IWW case. He was held...
J
John Nolan
John Nolan was individually identified as an imprisoned labor or political prisoner at San Quentin State Priso...
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Lorine Norman
Released
Lorine Norman, also known by her married name Lorine Kinz, was a Sacramento labor activist. Born in Texas, she...
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Pete Norris
The July 9 Western Worker names Pete Norris among San Francisco maritime-strike supporters arrested after comi...
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Bela Novak
Bela Novak, reported as 34 years old and living in Wilmar, was named among defendants in the Los Angeles-area...
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Nestor Nunez
Nestor Nunez, reported as 25 years old and living in El Monte, was named among defendants in the Los Angeles-a...
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Rene Nuñez
Rene Nuñez was an education organizer and director of the Educational Clearinghouse in Los Angeles, which help...
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William Nygren
Released
William Nygren appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ 1968 lists of imprisoned draft an...
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Daniel O'Connell
Released
Daniel O'Connell was an attorney, a Socialist and an Irish Nationalist from San Francisco. Daniel O'Connell wa...
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Vince O'Connor
Released
Vince O'Connor was listed among imprisoned war objectors in contemporary CCCO reports from 1970 and 1971.
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Thomas O'Mara
Released
Thomas O'Mara was an IWW member from Sacramento. Thomas O'Mara received a four-year sentence for giving testim...
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James D. O'Neil
Released
James D. O'Neil was a former West Coast CIO publicity director jailed for contempt during the 1941 Harry Bridg...
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Joe O'Sullivan
Released
Joe O'Sullivan was a business agent for the Carpenters union in San Francisco during the 1976 strike by city c...
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Billy Maurice Ogden
Released
Billy Maurice Ogden was a Los Angeles-area writer and defense-industry employee prosecuted under the federal f...
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Ruchelle Ogden
Released
Ruchelle Ogden was one of the eleven defendants in the San Diego County District Attorney's prosecution of ant...
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Luther Oldham
The paper identifies Luther Oldham, twenty-one, and Richard Johnson, nineteen, as arrested in West Oakland aft...
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Juan Olivas
Juan Olivas signed the Imperial Valley prison-camp letter printed on page 4. Page 4 prints a letter dated July...
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Gilbert Cruz Olmeda
Gilbert Cruz Olmeda, identified as a Brown Beret officer, was one of the East L.A. Thirteen arrested in the 19...
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Olsen (Riverside strike defendant)
Olsen is separately identified among eight arrested Riverside union-meeting defendants. The article reports Ju...
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James Olson
Released
James Olson was an IWW member from Los Angeles. James Olson received a one- to fourteen-year prison sentence,...
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