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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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Richard John Kinane
Released
Richard John Kinane crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Senten...
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Claude King
Claude King was a worker whom a June 19, 1929 Macon dispatch identified as a victim of peonage on W. L. Arnold...
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Edgar King
Edgar King was a Black Atlanta worker arrested in the October 1934 raids on private homes. The Daily Worker, O...
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Slater King
Zinn reports that Slater King was arrested while serving as spokesman for a kneeling protest at Albany City Ha...
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Terry Kline
A report reprinted from The Bond identifies this Fort Gordon soldier among four jailed after organizing a GI W...
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Julius Klyarin
The June 1930 Labor Defender late bulletin individually names Julius Klyarin with Libby Klyarin among six addi...
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Libby Klyarin
The June 1930 Labor Defender late bulletin individually names Libby Klyarin with Julius Klyarin among six addi...
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Per Laursen
Released
Per Laursen was a Danish journalist traveling with the Freedom Riders when Albany police arrested the interrac...
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Lucille Lawrence
Released
Lucille Lawrence was a Black Atlanta member of the International Workers’ Order. Police arrested her during Oc...
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Dwight Lawton
Released
Dwight Lawton was a retired business officer, Navy veteran and farmworker-rights advocate. Jailed in 1998 foll...
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Annie Mae Leathers
Released
Annie Mae Leathers was an Atlanta textile worker and the sister of fellow striker Leah Young. Police arrested...
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Laurel Amary Leckert
Released
One of seven Stop Cop City protesters arrested July 29, 2022 in the first wave of arrests defending the Atlant...
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Palmer Legare
Released
Palmer Legare crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the September 2002 SOA Watch vigil to close the...
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Philip Lester
Released
Philip Lester was one of eight Atlanta-chapter members of the Black Panther Party arrested on November 9, 1972...
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Chris Lieberman
Chris Lieberman was jailed overnight after the November 2007 Fort Benning protest and later imprisoned followi...
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Patrick Lincoln
Released
Patrick Lincoln crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months. Vi...
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John Patrick Liteky
Released
John Patrick Liteky was sentenced to two years in federal prison for SOA Watch protests at the Pentagon and at...
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Laura MacDonald
Released
Laura MacDonald crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2001 SOA Watch vigil to close th...
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Sandra Russell Mansfield
Released
Sandra Russell Mansfield was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after...
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Carey Martin
Released
Carey Martin crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months.
Each...
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Gillian Rose Maurer
Released
One of seven people arrested July 29, 2022 at the unfinished Georgia State University Convocation Center while...
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Samuel Mays
Released
Samuel Mays was a white resident of the Cherokee Nation convicted on September 15, 1831 under Georgia's law fo...
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Pamela McBride
Released
Pamela McBride crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Scho...
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Sister Kathleen McCabe
Released
Sister Kathleen McCabe crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 mon...
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