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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.
Sister Mary Dennis Lentsch
Released
Sister Mary Dennis Lentsch crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 6...
Dimitri Leny
Released
Dimitri Leny is a French national who was arrested on March 5, 2023 at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Cent...
Edward “Ed” Lewinson
Released
Edwin R. Lewinson crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army S...
Robin Lloyd
Released
Robin Lloyd crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army...
Carolyn Long
Released
Carolyn Long Banks was a Clark College student and spokesperson for the students seated at Rich’s restaurant d...
Sr. Kathy Long
Released
Sr. Kathy Long crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Scho...
Rita Lucey
Released
Orlando peace activist involved in Pax Christi and the United Nations Association. Jailed in 1998 following th...
Jason Lydon
Released
Jason Lydon crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
Adele MacLean
Awaiting Trial
Adele MacLean is the chief executive officer of the Network for Strong Communities, the nonprofit that operate...
Tom Mahedy
Released
Convicted in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia under 18 U.S.C. § 1382 (entering a militar...
Nilson Barahona Marriaga
Nilson Barahona Marriaga, a Honduran immigrant and longtime Georgia resident, spent thirteen months in ICE det...
Dashun Martin
Released
Dashun Martin, 23, was indicted June 17, 2020 in Gainesville GA along with co-defendants Jesse James Smallwood...
Linda Mashburn
Released
Linda Mashburn crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Scho...
Lelia Mattingly
Released
Lelia Mattingly crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Sch...
John Mazurek
Awaiting Trial
John Robert Mazurek, 30, was arrested February 2, 2024 in Atlanta GA and charged with first-degree arson for a...
Elizabeth McAlister
Released
Elizabeth “Liz” McAlister (born November 17, 1939) is an American peace activist and former Catholic nun, long...
Elizabeth Anne McKenzie
Released
Elizabeth Anne McKenzie crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Se...
Bill McNulty
Released
Former teacher and carpenter who helped establish community food services. Jailed in 1998 following the School...
Herbert Newton
Released
Herbert Newton was a Black national organizer of the American Negro Labor Congress born in Boston to a family...
Luke O'Donovan
Released
Luke O'Donovan is a queer anarchist from Atlanta who was sentenced for stabbing the group of men (5 to 12 men)...
Patrick O'Neill
Released
Patrick O’Neill is an American Catholic peace activist and co-founder of the Fr. Charlie Mulholland Catholic W...
Michael David Omondi
Released
Michael David Omondi crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the...
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...
Dorothy Pagosa
Released
Dorothy Pagosa crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Scho...
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