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Puerto Rico
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 Puerto Rico.
478Documented
1In custody
334Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Puerto Rico
Where Puerto Rico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
2000s 274
1950s 91
1930s 33
1980s 24
1970s 22
1940s 20
Recent dashboard entries from Puerto Rico
The newest published events and reporting located in Puerto Rico, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Protest
Activists protest ICE detentions in a San Juan neighborhood
Arrest
Tito Kayak arrested at an anti-government protest outside La Fortaleza
Protest
Madres Contra la Guerra protest US militarization at Muniz Air Base
Documented cases
478 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Javier Sterling
Released
Javier Sterling was arrested for Pablo Soto Brigade trespass on Navy bombing range (university student) as par...
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Gazir Sued-Jiménez
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
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Salvador Tió
Released
Salvador Tió, a lawyer, was arrested on May 19, 1979 during a protest against U.S. Navy operations at Bahía de...
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Wilfredo Toledo
Wilfredo Toledo, known as Freddie, was a photojournalist detained while covering a May 13, 2000 protest on Nav...
A
Aníbal Torres
A former Cadet of the Republic sentenced in 1944 for refusing military registration. Dávila Marichal explicitl...
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Iván Torres
Iván Torres is identified among young Vieques residents who were tried and imprisoned during the struggle agai...
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Luis Angel Torres
Released
Luis Angel Torres was arrested for MST brigade member, Vieques as part of the sustained 1999-2003 civil-disobe...
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Mariel Torres Lara
Released
Mariel Torres Lara was arrested for MST brigade occupation of Vieques bombing range as part of the sustained 1...
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Israel Torres Llaurador
Released
Israel Torres Llaurador was arrested during the 2000 civil-disobedience campaign against U.S. Navy training on...
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Manuel Torres Medina
A Nationalist from Cidra imprisoned for refusing military registration, Torres Medina spent three years in Tal...
A
Armando Torres Ortíz
Armando Torres Ortíz was arrested during Vieques anti-Navy civil disobedience on April 28, 2001 and transferre...
D
Doris Torresola
Doris Torresola is identified in the account cited by Dávila Marichal as sharing a poorly ventilated cell with...
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William Andrés Trevathan
Released
William Andrés Trevathan, an Episcopal priest, was arrested on May 19, 1979 during a protest against U.S. Navy...
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Pedro Ulises Pabón
The Nationalist leader was held in prison after the 1950 uprising. In the account cited by Dávila Marichal he...
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Monserrate Valle de López
Monserrate Valle de López was among the detainees kept imprisoned under Law 53 after the 1950 uprising, althou...
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Erasmo Vando Rodríguez
The PIP leader testified in 1958 that soldiers arrested him at El Gran Café after a party meeting in Aguadilla...
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Luis Varela
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
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Tomás Vargas
Released
Tomás Vargas was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of the...
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Edwin Vargas Becerril
Released
Edwin Vargas Becerril was arrested for PR Independence Party brigade trespass on Vieques as part of the sustai...
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Francisco Vega
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
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Dalimar Vega Rodríguez
Released
Dalimar Vega Rodríguez was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as pa...
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Violeta Vega Ríos
Released
Violeta Vega Ríos was arrested for trespass on the U.S. Navy bombing range at Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of...
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Roberto Velázquez
Released
One of approximately 1,500 activists arrested between 1999 and 2003 for civil disobedience at the U.S. Navy's...
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Juan Vilar
Juan Vilar was a Puerto Rican anarchist educator and editor of Voz Humana. During the 1911 Caguas labor confli...
Institutions in Puerto Rico
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Puerto Rico that appear in the census’s case files.
Metropolitan Detention Center GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
95 cases
Federal Detention Center, GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
93 cases
Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) GuaynaboGuaynabo, Puerto Rico
20 cases
MDC GuaynaboSan Juan, Puerto Rico
15 cases
La PrincesaSan Juan, Puerto Rico
9 cases
Vega Alta Women's PrisonVega Alta, Puerto Rico
4 cases
Arecibo Women's JailArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case
District Jail, AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico
1 case