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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.
Dontario J. Stephens
Released
Dontario J. Stephens, 27, of Tampa, FL was charged with grand theft and burglary during a state of emergency f...
Patricia Gloria Stephens Due
Released
Patricia Gloria Stephens Due, a Florida A&M student and CORE organizer, was arrested during the February 20, 1...
Bryn Taylor
Released
Bryn Taylor, 26, University of Florida PhD candidate, was arraigned May 16, 2023 for allegedly battering an of...
Harold Taylor
Released
Taylor, living in Panama City by the 2000s, was one of the former Black Panthers arrested when the decades-old...
Jerry Texiero
Released
Jerry Texiero was a Vietnam-era Marine Corps Corporal who deserted from his California base in the summer of 1...
Delbert Tibbs
Released
Delbert Tibbs was a former divinity student whose 1974 conviction and 1975 death sentence in Florida became a...
Gregory William Loel Timm
Released
Gregory William Loel Timm, age 27, drove a minivan into a tent of Republican volunteers running a voter-regist...
Panagioti Tsolkas
Released
Panagioti Tsolkas is an environmental organizer associated with Everglades Earth First! and the Palm Beach Cou...
Jonathan Walker
Released
Jonathan Walker was a Massachusetts sea captain and abolitionist. In 1844, while sailing seven freedom seekers...
Harold Webb
In Exile
Harold Webb was a U.S. Army sergeant from Jacksonville, Florida, and one of 21 American Korean War prisoners w...
Jack Williamson
Released
Jack Williamson was a Black tenant farmer arrested in the May 1933 roundup following the robbery and killing o...
Walter Woodard
Released
Walter Woodard was a Black tenant farmer arrested in Pompano, Florida, on May 14, 1933, during the roundup tha...
William Worthy
Released
William Worthy was an African American journalist who in 1955 traveled to Moscow and became the first American...
Omali Yeshitela
Released
Omali Yeshitela is a longtime Black liberation organizer and the founding leader of the African People's Socia...
David Levy Yulee
Released
David Levy Yulee was a former U.S. senator from Florida. David Levy Yulee was accused of having encouraged the...
Alam Zeb
Awaiting Trial
Alam Zeb Khan was a 19-year-old student in Pakistan’s Swat district when a federal grand jury in Miami indicte...
Ivan Jacob Zecher
Released
On June 10, 2020 in Jacksonville, FL, Ivan Jacob Zecher, 27, was charged with felon in possession of a firearm...
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Francisco Joseph Arcila Ramirez
In Custody
Francisco Joseph Arcila Ramirez, age 36, an ELN (National Liberation Army) member, supplied weapons shipments...
E
Erminso Cuevas Cabrera
In Custody
Erminso Cuevas Cabrera (Mincho) was extradited from Colombia, tried, and convicted of FARC narcotics conspirac...
J
Juan Jose Martinez Vega
In Custody
Juan Jose Martinez Vega (Chiguiro) was extradited from Colombia, tried, and convicted of FARC narcotics conspi...
D
Diego M. Villavicencio
In Custody
Diego M. Villavicencio was prosecuted for online threats to kill President Donald Trump, former Federal Reserv...
R
Raed Yousef
In Custody
Raed Yousef is a Florida defendant accused of funneling money to Hamas. A federal court ordered him detained p...
L
Leonard Baraka Stroble
The July 1975 Black Community News Letter, Awakening of a Dragon, individually listed Leonard Baraka Stroble i...
B
Benjamin Holland
The July 1975 Black Community News Letter, Awakening of a Dragon, individually listed Benjamin Holland in its...
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