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Georgia

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 Georgia.

302Documented
2In custody
283Released
7Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Georgia

Where Georgia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

2000s 127 2020s 38 1960s 30 1970s 25 1990s 24 1930s 17

Documented cases

302 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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Alan Nyysola
Released
Alan Nyysola participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 196...
M
Michael David Omondi
Released
Michael David Omondi crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the...
J
J.C. Orton
Released
J.C. Orton crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months. Each y...
D
Dorothy Pagosa
Released
Dorothy Pagosa crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Scho...
M
Michaele Pasquale
Released
Michaele Pasquale crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close...
R
Ray Lee Patterson
Released
Ray Lee Patterson was a Black U.S. Marine sergeant convicted of the self-defense killings of two white Georgia...
R
Roy Lee Patterson
25-year-old Black Marine sergeant sentenced to natural life by a majority-white Cordele, Georgia jury for the...
M
M. H. Powers
Released
M. H. Powers, a Trade Union Unity League iron-workers' organizer and Communist district organizer from St. Pau...
L
Lois Putzier
Released
Lois Putzier crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to...
A
Alexander Racolin
Released
Alexander Racolin was held without bond in the DeKalb County jail, charged under Georgia's insurrection law in...
C
Carol Richardson
Released
United Methodist minister and SOA Watch organizer who also worked with Witness for Peace. Jailed in 1998 follo...
R
Richard M. Ring
Released
Richard M. Ring crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close t...
E
Eric Robinson
Released
Eric Robinson participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 19...
R
Ray Robinson Jr.
Released
Ray Robinson Jr. participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December...
E
Eric Robison
Released
Eric Robison crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to...
D
Dan Sage
Released
Syracuse special-education professor and peace activist. Jailed in 1998 following the School of the Americas p...
D
Doris Sage
Released
Syracuse teacher, storyteller and peace activist involved with Witness for Peace. Jailed in 1998 following the...
M
Marie Salupo
Released
Marie Salupo crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
F
Frank Scruggs
Released
Frank Scruggs was one of eight Atlanta-chapter members of the Black Panther Party arrested on November 9, 1972...
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Patricia Scruggs
Released
Patricia Scruggs was one of eight Atlanta-chapter members of the Black Panther Party arrested on November 9, 1...
A
A. C. Searles
Released
A. C. Searles, a reporter, among the local Black participants permitted inside the station, was among those ar...
C
Clarence Senior
Released
Clarence Senior was an Atlanta college student jailed in 1960 for his part in the lunch-counter sit-in demonst...
R
Randy Serraglio
Released
Arizona peace and environmental activist with a background in Latin American studies. Jailed in 1998 following...
A
Albert L. Simmons
Released
Albert L. Simmons crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army S...

Institutions in Georgia

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Georgia that appear in the census’s case files.

DeKalb County JailDecatur, Georgia
40 cases
U.S. Penitentiary AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
32 cases
Fulton County JailAtlanta, Georgia
30 cases
USP AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
27 cases
Georgia PenitentiaryMilledgeville, Georgia
11 cases
Atlanta City JailAtlanta, Georgia
8 cases
Georgia State PrisonReidsville, Georgia
7 cases
Fulton Tower PrisonAtlanta, Georgia
5 cases