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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.
421Documented
4In custody
337Released
9Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Georgia
Where Georgia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2000s 126
1960s 78
1930s 55
2020s 41
1970s 34
1990s 24
Recent dashboard entries from Georgia
The newest published events and reporting located in Georgia, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Folkston ICE detainees launch hunger strike
Other
Reporter Sal Insinga assaulted and equipment damaged while covering a Cedartown protest
Arrest
Colby Williams arrested after four Cobb County Flock cameras were burned and a “DeFlock” sticker was found
Other
Flock worker calls police on InvestigateTV reporter filming public camera installation
Prosecution
Cop City activist Sam Tunick challenges federal prosecution over alleged phone wiping during a border search
Arrest
Five Black women arrested at Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race after a locked-arms "Not Another 250" action on the July Fourth course
Protest
Social Circle leaders rally at the state Capitol against a planned ICE detention center
Prosecution
Stanley Yi Zheng, Matthew Kelly and Tommy Shad English were charged in a roughly $170 million scheme to smuggle export-controlled AI servers and chips to China through Thailand
Documented cases
421 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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John Lee Eberhardt
John Lee Eberhardt, a Black newspaper correspondent, was jailed in Athens, Georgia, in February 1921 and lynch...
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Pedro Zenón Encarnacíon
Released
Pedro Zenón Encarnacíon crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S....
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Dora Evans
Dora Evans is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting at...
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Mary Evans
Mary Evans is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting at...
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John Ewers
Released
John Ewers crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6...
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Gerhard Fischer
Released
Gerhard Fischer crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Sch...
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Kathleen Fisher
Released
Kathleen Fisher, a Portland environmental chemist and Quaker, participated in the November 1999 SOA Watch fune...
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Kate Fontanazza
Released
Kate Fontanazza crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close t...
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Vienna Forrest
Released
Georgia activist arrested in December 2022 during law enforcement raids on the Weelaunee forest in Atlanta. Ch...
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Dan Fortson
Released
Dan Fortson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
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Cliff Frazier
Released
Cliff Frazier crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months.
Eac...
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Richard S. Freeman
Released
Richard S. Freeman of Macon, Georgia was arrested by New York police on August 29, 1861 and held at Fort Lafay...
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Thomas Freeman
Released
Thomas Freeman was one of eight Atlanta-chapter members of the Black Panther Party arrested on November 9, 197...
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Thomas Gann
Released
Thomas Gann was a white resident of the Cherokee Nation convicted on September 15, 1831 under Georgia's law fo...
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Eloy Garcia
Released
Eloy Garcia crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 3 months.
Each...
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Floyd Gardner
Released
Floyd Gardner was an Iowa student active in protests against racial discrimination. He joined the 1962 Albany,...
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Christine Gaunt
Released
Christine Gaunt crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S....
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J. Ralph Gay
J. Ralph Gay was a United Textile Workers organizer among four people arrested at Macon during the September 1...
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Chantilly Geigle
Released
Chantilly Geigle crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close...
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Michele Gloor
Released
Michele Gloor participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 19...
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Bruce Godwin
Bruce Godwin is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting...
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George Gordon
Released
George Gordon was one of eight Atlanta-chapter members of the Black Panther Party arrested on November 9, 1972...
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George Grant
George Grant was a Black prisoner killed in his jail cell at Darien, Georgia, on September 8, 1930. A call for...
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John Grant
Released
John Grant was a Black Atlanta worker arrested in the October 1934 raids on private homes. The Daily Worker, O...
Institutions in Georgia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Georgia that appear in the census’s case files.
DeKalb County JailDecatur, Georgia
39 cases
U.S. Penitentiary AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
36 cases
Lee County StockadeLeesburg, Georgia
36 cases
Fulton County JailAtlanta, Georgia
30 cases
USP AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia
26 cases
Albany City JailAlbany, Georgia
18 cases
Georgia PenitentiaryMilledgeville, Georgia
11 cases
Atlanta City JailAtlanta, Georgia
8 cases