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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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Marilyn White
Released
Marilyn White crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Schoo...
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Mose White
Mose White was one of three Black youths held with Angelo Herndon in the death-house section of Fulton Tower i...
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Herman Willoughby
Released
Herman Willoughby was listed among imprisoned war objectors in contemporary CCCO reports from 1970 and 1971.
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Bonnie May Wilson
Page 2’s June 8 Atlanta dispatch names Bonnie May Wilson, twenty-three, a textile worker, as released from jai...
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Bonnie Mae Wilson
Bonnie Mae Wilson is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ mee...
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Van B. Wimble
Released
Van B. Wimble was a conscientious objector from Georgia imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for ref...
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Felton Wimbley
Felton Wimbley was a Black Atlanta worker and friend of Angelo Herndon. In his 1937 autobiography, Herndon say...
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Michael Wisniewski
Released
Michael “Mike” Wisniewski was a Los Angeles-area Catholic Worker community member and peace activist who cross...
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VanBuford Womble
Released
VanBuford Womble was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Georgia imprisoned during World War I....
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Samuel A. Worcester
Released
Samuel A. Worcester was an American Board missionary who lived in the Cherokee Nation with its permission. Geo...
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Nathan Yagol
Released
Nathan Yagol was a graduate student and chemistry instructor at Emory University and a member of the League fo...
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Ruby Yarbrough
Ruby Yarbrough is individually named among those arrested in an Atlanta raid on an interracial workers’ meetin...
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Len Young
The January 1937 Southern Worker reports Len Young among four people, three white and one Black, returning fro...
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