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Louisiana
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 Louisiana.
124Documented
3In custody
67Released
2Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Louisiana
Where Louisiana’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1970s 39
1940s 25
1930s 22
2020s 8
1960s 8
1800s 7
Recent dashboard entries from Louisiana
The newest published events and reporting located in Louisiana, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Police close New Orleans judge’s complaint against WWL
Protest
Louisiana redistricting begins with protests, tension
Protest
Protesters shout "Shut it down" as lawmakers tackle Louisiana map redraw
Prosecution
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Ex-Prisoner Who Won Election from Taking Office in New Orleans
Protest
Immigration hearing arrests spark protest
Protest
An emergency rally outside the immigration court after ICE detains parents at a hearing
Prosecution
California doctor Remy Coeytaux was criminally indicted in Louisiana for mailing abortion pills across state lines; Governor Newsom refused to extradite him in the first test of California shield law
Arrest
Former U.S. Marine arrested in Louisiana for alleged threats against ICE officers; FBI, AG respond
Documented cases
124 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtadi
In Custody
Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtadi was arrested in Louisiana on October 16, 2025 on allegations that he participat...
Micah Legnon
In Custody
Micah James Legnon, of New Iberia, Louisiana, is a former U.S. Marine and former New Iberia police officer, an...
Kenneth Whitmore
In Custody
Louisiana Black Panther Party organizer from Baton Rouge. Convicted in the 1970s for a Klan-linked killing he...
Yoel Alonso Leal
Released
Yoel Alonso Leal is a Cuban asylum seeker who was detained after entering the United States in October 2018. H...
James A. Dombrowski
The Militant identifies these Southern Conference Educational Fund figures as arrested in New Orleans on Octob...
Ronald Ailsworth
Released
Ronald Ailsworth was one of the three organizers (with Steve Green and Harold Holmes) who established the Nati...
Cecil Carter Jr.
Released
Cecil Winston Carter Jr. was a New Orleans civil-rights activist and one of four students arrested after chall...
William Cloud
Released
William Cloud was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the National Co...
Alice Cosu
Released
Alice Cosu was a New Orleans suffragist and Silent Sentinel. Arrested in 1917 picketing the Wilson White House...
John Dick
Released
John Dick was the United States district attorney at New Orleans who helped bring Louis Louaillier's petition...
Terry Lemond Dorsey
Released
Terry Lemond Dorsey, 21, was charged in Baton Rouge, LA with co-defendants Kenyatta Huggins and Shamyrin Johns...
Alton Edwards
Released
Alton Edwards was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the National Co...
Isaac Edwards
Released
Isaac Edwards was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the National Co...
Tyrone Edwards
Released
Tyrone Edwards was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the National C...
George Eustis Jr.
Released
George Eustis Jr. was secretary to the Confederate diplomatic mission of James M. Mason and John Slidell. He w...
Langston Goldfinch
Released
Langston Goldfinch was a white Tulane graduate student arrested at a McCrory's lunch counter in New Orleans in...
Steve Green
Released
Steve Green, a Vietnam veteran recruited into the Black Panther Party by Geronimo Pratt, was one of the organi...
Dominick A. Hall
Released
Dominick A. Hall was the United States district judge for Louisiana. When Louis Louaillier's friends applied f...
Joseph Harper
Released
Joseph Harper was from Winnfield, Louisiana. Joseph Harper was convicted for circulating apamphlet entitled "...
Harold Holmes
Released
Harold Holmes was a leader of the New Orleans National Committee to Combat Fascism (NCCF), the recruiting arm...
Don Hubbard
Released
Don Hubbard was a New Orleans civil-rights organizer and a founder of the city’s Congress of Racial Equality c...
Kenyatta Huggins
Released
Federal conspiracy to commit arson; Baton Rouge building arson spree, May-June 2020. Sentence: 18 months feder...
Judy Jenkins
Released
Judy Jenkins was a New Orleans civil-rights activist arrested with her husband Grady in 1957 under Louisiana's...
Shamyrin Djhodi Johnson
Released
Shamyrin Djhodi Johnson, 22, was charged in Baton Rouge, LA with co-defendants Terry Dorsey and Kenyatta Huggi...
Institutions in Louisiana
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Louisiana that appear in the census’s case files.
Orleans Parish PrisonNew Orleans, Louisiana
21 cases
Louisiana State PenitentiaryAngola, Louisiana
6 cases
Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola)Angola, Louisiana
4 cases
ICE DetentionJena, Louisiana
3 cases
U.S. District Court, Middle District of LouisianaBaton Rouge, Louisiana
2 cases
Pollock FCIPollock, Louisiana
1 case
Oakdale II FCIOakdale, Louisiana
1 case
FCI OakdaleOakdale, Louisiana
1 case