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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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Eldson McGhee
Released
Black Vietnam veteran sentenced to life plus five years for an alleged armed bank-robbery kidnapping despite n...
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Christopher McIntosh Jr.
Released
Christopher McIntosh Jr. was one of four Black land-reclamation protesters arrested during the 1979 occupation...
W
William McLeod
Released
William McLeod was superintendent of the Methodist mission in the Cherokee Nation. He had accompanied the July...
E
Evalee “Lee” Mickey
Released
Evalee “Lee” Mickey was a retired Iowa farmer, widowed homemaker, and church peace activist who crossed onto F...
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Lonnie Miles
Lonnie Miles is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting...
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Abigail Miller
Released
Abigail “Abi” Miller was a Harrisonburg, Virginia community organizer who crossed onto Fort Benning during the...
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Rachel Montgomery
Released
Rachel Montgomery crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6 months....
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Fred Moore
Released
Fred Moore visited the CNVA peace walkers and was jailed for two days after asking Albany police about their d...
J
J. A. Moreland
Released
J. A. Moreland was a Black Atlanta organizer and president of a local International Workers' Order branch. Pol...
W
Will Moreland
Will Moreland was a Black Atlanta worker arrested in the October 1934 raids on private homes. The Daily Worker...
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Tom Morgan
Released
Tom Morgan was sentenced to two years in prison. He served in Atlanta Penitentiary from April 14, 1919, to Nov...
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Richard Morris
Richard Morris was one of three Black youths held with Angelo Herndon in the death-house section of Fulton Tow...
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Don Nelson
Released
Donald W. Nelson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S....
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Summer Nelson
Released
Summer Nelson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2001 SOA Watch vigil to close the...
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Melanie Nadine Noyes
Released
One of seven people arrested July 29, 2022 at the unfinished Georgia State University Convocation Center while...
A
Alan Nyosola
The Militant individually identifies this participant in the integrated Quebec–Washington–Guantanamo peace wal...
A
Alan Nyysola
Released
Alan Nyysola participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December 196...
J
Jack Palmer
Jack Palmer is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meeting a...
M
Mike Pasquale
Released
Mike Pasquale was a Syracuse peace activist and program director at the Family Center who crossed onto Fort Be...
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Barbara Ann Peterson
Released
Barbara Ann Peterson was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after part...
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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 a New York attorney and International Labor Defense organizer active in the South. Birmi...
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Tiel Rainelli
Tiel Rainelli was jailed overnight after the November 2007 Fort Benning protest and later imprisoned following...
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Willie Reid (Bainbridge lynching, 1937)
Willie Reid was a Black man described as twenty-two, killed by Bainbridge, Georgia police before a lynch mob r...
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