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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.
Clarence Jones
Released
Clarence Jones was a member of the Louisiana State Chapter of the Black Panther Party in New Orleans who regul...
Leroy Jones
Released
Leroy Jones was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the National Comm...
Robert Hillary King
Released
Robert Hillary King, also known as Robert King Wilkerson, is a former Louisiana prisoner and member of the Ang...
Milton Martin
Released
Milton Martin was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the National Co...
Herbert McGee
Released
Herbert McGee was a member of the Louisiana State Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Police arrested McGee an...
William Bruce Mumford
William Bruce Mumford was a New Orleans resident who joined the crowd that tore down a United States flag rais...
Kamryn Pipes
Released
Kamryn Pipes is an activist from Louisiana who was arrested on March 5, 2023 at the Atlanta Public Safety Trai...
Betty Powell
Released
Betty Powell was a member of the New Orleans Black Panther Party. During the pre-dawn raid of November 26, 197...
Malik Rahim
Released
Malik Rahim, born Donald Guyton on December 17, 1947 in Algiers, Louisiana, was the defense minister of the Ne...
Delmer Joel Ramírez Palma
Released
Delmer Joel Ramírez Palma is a construction worker who raised safety concerns before the October 2019 Hard Roc...
Vincent Robinson
Released
Vincent Robinson was a member of the Louisiana State Chapter of the Black Panther Party. In September 1971, wh...
Johnny Ross
Released
Black youth sentenced to death at age 16 for rape in Louisiana; The Black Panther Vol. 17 no.14 (1977) reports...
Charles Rudolph Scott
Released
Charles Rudolph Scott was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the Nat...
John Slidell
Released
John Slidell was a New York-born Louisiana politician and former U.S. senator who became a Confederate diploma...
Norman Thibodaux
Norman Thibodaux, also spelled Thibodeaux in the editorial note, survived a racist lynching at Labadieville on...
Herman Wallace
Released
Herman Wallace was an Angola prisoner and prison organizer associated with the Black Panther Party and the Ang...
Roosevelt Ward
Released
Roosevelt Ward Jr. was a young Black leader of the Labor Youth League prosecuted in New Orleans for failing to...
Arden Wells
Released
Arden Wells, a frequent Facebook critic of the Tangipahoa Parish sheriff, was arrested in July 2025 in Amite C...
Aaron Wilson
In Exile
Aaron Wilson was a U.S. Army corporal from Urania, Louisiana, who was captured in 1950 and became one of 21 Am...
Albert Woodfox
Released
Albert Woodfox was a Black Panther and one of the Angola Three. Imprisoned in Louisiana, he spent decades in s...
Elaine Young
Released
Elaine Young was a member of the New Orleans chapter of the Black Panther Party (organized as the National Com...
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Oscar Livingston
Oscar Livingston was held in the jail at Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, in 1931 after being accused of attempti...
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Victor Aaronson
The December 2, 1929 report says the Marine Workers League organizers had been released on $500 bail and were...
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S. L. Alexander
Released
Listed in primary RNA sources as one of the 11 arrested in the August 18, 1971 raid. Identified in the Provisi...
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