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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.
Reality Winner
Released
Reality Winner is a former U.S intelligence contractor who in 2017 leaked a classified intelligence report to...
Ruthy Woodring
Released
Student and human-rights activist associated with Chicago’s St. Francis Catholic Worker House. Jailed in 1998...
Dessie Woods
Released
Black woman from Georgia whose prosecution after the 1975 shooting of Ronnie Horne became the focus of a natio...
Frank Woolever
Released
Francis Woolever crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army Sc...
Samuel Austin Worcester
Released
Samuel Austin Worcester was a Congregationalist missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign...
Michelle Yipe
Released
Carna Yipe crossed the line at Fort Benning, Georgia during an SOA Watch vigil to close the U.S. Army School o...
Leah Young
Released
Leah Young was an Atlanta textile worker and the sister of fellow striker Annie Mae Leathers. Born and raised...
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Colby Derek Williams
In Custody
Colby Derek Williams was arrested on September 3, 2026 after Cobb County police accused him of burning and sho...
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Agnes Carter
Released
Agnes Carter was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participatin...
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Pattie Jean Collier
Released
Pattie Jean Collier was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after parti...
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Barbara Jean Daniels
Released
Barbara Jean Daniels was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after part...
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Gloria Dean
Released
Gloria Dean was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participating...
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Henrietta Fuller
Released
Henrietta Fuller was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after particip...
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Evette Hose
Released
Evette Hose was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participating...
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Mary Frances Jackson
Released
Mary Frances Jackson was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after part...
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Vyrtis Jackson
Released
Vyrtis Jackson was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participat...
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Dorothy Jones
Released
Dorothy Jones was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participati...
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Judith Reid
Released
Judith Reid was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participating...
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Ozellar Whitehead
Released
Ozellar Whitehead was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after partici...
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Carrie Mae Williams
Released
Carrie Mae Williams was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after parti...
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Emma Jean Times
Released
Emma Jean Times was one of the Black school-aged girls imprisoned in southwest Georgia in 1963 after participa...
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George Claybon
George Claybon appears in a prisoner-aid committee list published by Laisvė on December 19, 1953. The article...
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Allen Cooper
Allen Cooper was one of fourteen participants in the integrated Quebec–Washington–Guantanamo Walk for Peace ar...
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Joe Cohen
The Georgia nuclear-train report individually names Joe Cohen with six others as arrested at Montezuma in May...
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