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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.
Dorothy Parker
Released
Dorothy Parker crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. A...
Roy Lee Patterson
Released
Roy Lee Patterson was a decorated Black Marine sergeant arrested after the May 4, 1975 deaths of a Georgia sta...
Savannah Patterson
Awaiting Trial
Savannah Patterson is the secretary of the Network for Strong Communities, the nonprofit that operates the Atl...
M. H. Powers
Released
M. H. Powers was a Trade Union Unity League iron-workers' organizer and Communist district organizer from St....
Victor Puertas
Awaiting Trial
Victor Puertas is an Indigenous forest defender from the Andean region of South America who became one of the...
Josh Raisler Cohn
Released
Josh Raisler Cohn crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentence...
Ellis Rece Jr.
Released
Ellis Rece Jr. was a Vietnam-era war tax resister associated with Augusta Meeting. He was imprisoned after cla...
Mattie Crittenden Reese
Released
Mattie Crittenden Reese was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after p...
Frederique Robert-Paul
Released
Frederique Robert-Paul is a Canadian activist from Montreal with ties to the Montreal Antifa network who was a...
Ray Robinson Jr.
Released
Ray Robinson Jr. participated in the integrated CNVA peace walk and was jailed in Albany, Georgia, in December...
Augustine Roddy
Released
Augustine Roddy crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Sch...
Laura Ruff-Saunders
Released
Laura Ruff-Saunders was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after parti...
Judith Ruland
Released
Judith Ruland crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Ar...
Lorena Barnum Sabbs
Released
Lorena Barnum Sabbs was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after parti...
Dan Sage
Released
Dan Sage was a Syracuse special-education professor and peace activist. Jailed in 1998 following the School of...
Doris Sage
Released
Syracuse teacher, storyteller and peace activist involved with Witness for Peace. Jailed in 1998 following the...
Scott Schaeffer-Duffy
Released
Scott Schaeffer-Duffy crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to 3 mont...
Randy Serraglio
Released
Arizona peace and environmental activist with a background in Latin American studies. Jailed in 1998 following...
Laura Slattery
Released
Laura Slattery crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to three months...
Jesse Smallwood
Released
Federal arson of a Gainesville GA police car (June 2020). Sentence: 21 months federal prison. Verified via pub...
Donte Smith
Released
Donte Smith crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
Edward “Naed” Smith
Released
Edward Smith crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School...
Otis W. Smith
Released
Dr. Otis W. Smith was a civil rights activist and the first African-American board-certified pediatrician to p...
Willie Mae Smith-Davis
Released
Willie Mae Smith-Davis was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after pa...
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