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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 Florida.
301Documented
18In custody
195Released
11Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Florida
Where Florida’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 70
2000s 46
2020s 35
1950s 30
1970s 28
2010s 26
Recent dashboard entries from Florida
The newest published events and reporting located in Florida, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Florida Senate threatens legal action unless newspapers destroy an insurance report obtained through public records
Arrest
Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano detained by ICE in Orlando; released September 26
Arrest
Evan Meyer arrested after destroying a police decoy made to resemble a Flock camera
Arrest
Venezuelan journalist Wilmer Solano Dávila detained by CBP in Miami Beach; released August 14
Arrest
Jacksonville Beach man arrested after spray-painting Flock cameras across three beach communities
Other
Prosecutors delay appeal in former journalist Timothy Burke's criminal hacking case
Other
Ten Years After the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Survivors Reflect
Prosecution
Former federal prosecutor Carmen Lineberger was indicted over the sealed volume of the Jack Smith report; the FBI director tied the charges to her work on the Trump classified-documents probe
Documented cases
301 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Scott Camil
Released
Two-tour Marine Vietnam veteran turned anti-war organizer and a founding regional coordinator of Vietnam Veter...
Izell Chambers
Released
Izell Chambers, also recorded as Isiah Chambers, was a Black tenant farmer arrested in the May 1933 roundup af...
Luis Manuel Chavarría Galeano
Awaiting Trial
Luis Manuel Chavarría Galeano, known professionally as Luis Galeano, is a Nicaraguan journalist and director o...
Reubin Clein
Released
Reubin Clein was an editor for Miami Life magazine who was sentenced to 30 days in jail for refusing to reveal...
Nancy Conde Rubio
Released
Nancy Conde Rubio, age 37, a high-ranking FARC member who oversaw the FARCs logistics and communications netwo...
Jose Maria Corredor-Ibague
Released
Jose Maria Corredor-Ibague (Boyaco), age 46, ran a Colombian cocaine-manufacturing and -transportation network...
Charlie Davis
Released
Charlie Davis was one of four Black men sentenced to death in Florida after police obtained coerced confession...
Dave Decker
Released
Dave Decker, a photojournalist, was arrested on November 22, 2025 while covering an anti-ICE protest outside t...
John Mark Dougan
In Exile
John Mark Dougan is a former U.S. Marine and Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy who created anonymous sites pu...
Hatem Naji Fariz
Released
Hatem Naji Fariz, 36, PIJ Tampa co-defendant; convicted on some counts; 37 months federal prison + 36 months s...
Nina Droz Franco
Released
Nina Droz Franco became a prominent figure in Puerto Rican protest politics around May Day labor demonstration...
Caleb Freestone
Released
Caleb Hunter Freestone, 27, was indicted January 18, 2023 (and superseding March 22, 2023) for FACE Act conspi...
Carlos Alfredo Fugarte
Released
Carlos Fugarte, 28, of Lakeland, FL was charged with written threat to kill after making comments encouraging...
Theodore Gibson
Released
The Rev. Theodore R. Gibson was president of the Miami branch of the NAACP, cited for contempt by the Florida...
Armando Gomez
Released
Armando Gomez (El Doctor), age 70, FARC associate; extradited from Colombia and pleaded guilty to conspiring t...
René González
Released
He was born in Chicago, on August 13, 1956. He grew up in a workingclass family that immigrated from Cuba to t...
Edward T. Graham
Released
The Rev. Edward T. Graham was a Miami minister and NAACP leader, one of four witnesses cited for contempt by t...
Charles Greenlee
Released
Charles Greenlee was the youngest of the Groveland Four — sixteen at the time — convicted in the 1949 Lake Cou...
Wilford Francis Guindon
Wilford Francis Guindon served three months in federal prison in Tallahassee for Quaker draft-registration ref...
Sameeh Taha Hammoudeh
Released
Sameeh Taha Hammoudeh, PIJ Tampa co-defendant indicted Feb 19, 2003. Found not guilty on 10 counts; remaining...
Arthur Hardge
Released
Reverend Arthur L. Hardge was one of the interfaith Freedom Riders who challenged segregation at the Tallahass...
Luke Harper
Awaiting Trial
Luke Harper, age 27 of Lake Worth, Florida at the time of arrest, was one of 23 people arrested by Georgia Sta...
Adham Hassoun
Released
Well known for his vocal and financial support of Islamic groups, Adham Hassoun served as an important connect...
Frank Henderson
Released
Frank Henderson was an International Longshoremen’s Association organizer active in Florida ports. The May 15,...
Institutions in Florida
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Florida that appear in the census’s case files.
FCI MariannaMarianna, Florida
8 cases
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of FloridaGainesville, Florida
8 cases
Florida State PrisonRaiford, Florida
8 cases
Raiford PenitentiaryRaiford, Florida
7 cases
Palm Beach County JailWest Palm Beach, Florida
7 cases
Miami FDCMiami, Florida
4 cases
Polk County JailBartow, Florida
4 cases
Fort TaylorKey West, Florida
4 cases