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Nevada
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 Nevada.
30Documented
1In custody
20Released
Eras of repression in Nevada
Where Nevada’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2020s 10
1980s 10
1990s 4
1910s 2
1900s 2
1920s 1
Recent dashboard entries from Nevada
The newest published events and reporting located in Nevada, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Reno becomes the first Nevada city to pause new data centers after a packed meeting
Protest
A Washoe County district-wide student walkout converges on downtown Reno
Protest
Carson High students walk out along Saliman Road over ICE killings
Protest
Over 1,000 northern Nevadans rally on Carson Street against ICE
Protest
About two dozen Culinary Union airport workers arrested blocking a Las Vegas road
Protest
Thousands march for the Reno No Kings rally
Protest
Nearly 100 arrested at downtown Las Vegas anti-ICE protest
Protest
Anti-ICE protest in downtown Las Vegas turns into standoff
Documented cases
30 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Paul Hyon Kim
In Custody
Paul Hyon Kim was arrested on March 26, 2025 for shooting at and firebombing vehicles at a Las Vegas Tesla col...
Carrie Dann
Released
Carrie Dann was a Western Shoshone rancher and land-rights leader who, with her sister Mary, resisted federal...
Mary Dann
Released
Mary Dann was a Western Shoshone rancher who, with her sister Carrie, led decades of resistance to federal aut...
Jose “Chille” DeCastro
Released
Jose “Chille” DeCastro is a police-accountability commentator and the creator of the Delete Lawz YouTube chann...
Ivan Ferguson
Released
Ivan James Ferguson, 23, is a classical clarinetist from Henderson, Nevada who graduated from the San Francisc...
Vincent Saint John
Released
Vincent Saint John was a leading organizer and administrator of the Industrial Workers of the World, championi...
J. Emma Martin
Released
J. Emma Martin, a Bible Student in San Bernardino, was prosecuted under the Espionage Act and sentenced on Jul...
Morrie R. Preston
Released
Morrie R. Preston was a young IWW-aligned restaurant cook in Goldfield, Nevada who, during the bitter 1907 Gol...
Kathleen Rumpf
Released
Kathleen Rumpf born September 1, 1951. Catholic Worker peace activist. Arrested over 100 times; participated i...
Edgar Samaniego
Released
Shot and paralyzed a Las Vegas police officer during June 2020 protest; attempted murder. Sentence: 20-50 year...
Johanna R. Sibbett
Johanna R. Sibbett was a Quaker anti-nuclear protester whose 1986 first-person letter describes confinement ne...
Joseph W. Smith
Released
Joseph W. Smith was the co-defendant of Morrie R. Preston in the 1907 Goldfield, Nevada frame-up that grew out...
Rick Springer
Released
Rick Springer was an anti-nuclear activist arrested after disrupting Ronald Reagan’s April 13, 1992 speech in...
Jeanette Renee Wallace
Released
Jeanette Wallace, 24, was charged with depredation against U.S. property after the May 30, 2020 protest in Las...
J
Jon Seward
Jon Seward was a Nevada Test Site backcountry protester who had been jailed continuously since his October 15,...
B
Bob Sieber
Bob Sieber was arrested February 21, 1986 at the Nevada Test Site, taken straight to court at Beatty, and imme...
E
Eve Morgan
The American Peace Test follow-up individually states Eve Morgan served one month in jail after a fourth Nevad...
J
Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker was individually named among four antinuclear protesters who actually began serving jail sentence...
P
Paul Crossen
Paul Crossen was individually named among four antinuclear protesters who actually began serving jail sentence...
M
Michael Terry
Michael Terry was individually named among four antinuclear protesters who actually began serving jail sentenc...
M
Michele Keranen
Michele Keranen was individually named among four antinuclear protesters who actually began serving jail sente...
A
Alejandro Avalos
Released
Alejandro Avalos, 28, was charged with depredation against U.S. property after a May 30, 2020 demonstration in...
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Ricardo Densmore
Released
Ricardo Densmore, 24, of Las Vegas was charged with co-defendants Tyree Walker and Devarian Haynes for conspir...
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Mike Geare
Mike Geare was jailed October 15–21, 1986 following a Nevada Test Site protest, then released on bond.
Institutions in Nevada
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Nevada that appear in the census’s case files.
Nevada State PrisonCarson City, Nevada
2 cases
U.S. District Court, District of NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada
2 cases
Clark County Detention CenterLas Vegas, Nevada
1 case