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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.
Cheryl Sommers
Released
Cheryl Sommers crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. A...
Miriam Spencer
Released
Miriam Spencer crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced t...
Christopher Spicer
Released
Christopher Spicer crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the annual SOA Watch vigil to close the U....
Rita Steinhagen
Released
Rita Steinhagen was a sister of St. Joseph who helped establish housing and support programs in Minneapolis. J...
Alexander H. Stephens
Released
Alexander H. Stephens was a Georgia politician who served as Vice President of the Confederate States of Ameri...
Henry Storey
Released
Henry Storey was a Black World War veteran and Atlanta metal- and print-shop worker who chaired the American N...
Richard Streb
Released
Richard Streb was sentenced to six months in federal prison on November 19, 1997 for repeat trespass at the U....
David A. Sylvester
Released
David A. Sylvester crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army...
A. Lenora Taitt
Released
A. Lenora Taitt was an Atlanta University graduate and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activist. She...
Charley Tennenbaum
Awaiting Trial
Caroline “Charley” Tennenbaum was arrested in Cartersville, Georgia, on April 28, 2023 with Julia Dupuis and A...
Bruce Thompson
Released
Bruce Thompson, 22, Gainesville GA Smallwood et al. co-defendant for the May/June 2020 police vehicle arson. P...
Billie Jo Thornton-Allen
Released
Billie Jo Thornton-Allen was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after...
Ann Tiffany
Released
Syracuse psychiatric nurse and peace activist involved with Peace Brigades International. Jailed in 1998 follo...
Mary Trotochaud
Released
Mary Trotochaud was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for SOA Watch sign-alteration on September 29, 19...
Carmen Trotta
Released
Carmen Trotta (born November 9, 1962) is an American pacifist and prominent activist in the Catholic Worker Mo...
Hazel Tulecke
Released
Hazel Tulecke crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during the November 2000 SOA Watch vigil. Sentenced to...
Abeeku Osei Vassall
Awaiting Trial
Abeeku Osei Vassall was arrested in Cartersville, Georgia, on April 28, 2023 with Julia Dupuis and Caroline “C...
Leonard Vioselle
Released
Leonard Vioselle, 20, is an activist from Macon, Georgia who was among the first five people arrested at the S...
Delveccho Waller
Released
Delveccho Waller Jr., 21, was indicted in Gainesville, GA with co-defendants Smallwood, Bailey, Thompson, and...
Lulu Westbrooks-Griffin
Released
Lulu Westbrooks-Griffin was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after p...
Jessie Whitaker
Released
Jessie Whitaker was one of the six Reidsville Brothers prosecuted over the July 23, 1978 rebellion at Georgia...
Natalie Hanna White
Released
Atlanta defendant prosecuted for the June 13, 2020 arson of the Wendy's restaurant at 125 University Avenue —...
Hosea Williams
Released
Hosea Lorenzo Williams was a chemist, minister and civil-rights organizer who became one of Martin Luther King...
Judith Williams
Released
Judith Williams was a music therapist and Waukesha Catholic Worker organizer. Jailed in 1998 following the Sch...
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