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South Carolina
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 South Carolina.
57Documented
2In custody
23Released
Eras of repression in South Carolina
Where South Carolina’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1960s 10
1800s 10
2020s 9
2000s 9
1930s 5
1920s 5
Recent dashboard entries from South Carolina
The newest published events and reporting located in South Carolina, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
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Ridge Spring police chief accused of threatening arrest after a resident criticized Flock cameras on Facebook
Other
BLM Protester Transferred Thousands of Miles Away After They Organized Against Their Solitary Confinement
Protest
Protests continue at SC State House for 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton
Protest
State House rally reignites calls for justice after Rick Chow found not guilty
Protest
Demonstrators in Bluffton protest ICE operation, call for support of immigrant families
Protest
Protesters rally on Statehouse steps to oppose redistricting in South Carolina
Protest
May Day protest fills the South Carolina State House grounds
Protest
Hundreds rally at Falls Park demanding immigration accountability
Documented cases
57 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Edilberto Chaparro
Edilberto Chaparro was individually named among five antiwar soldiers in the Fort Jackson stockade in the Apri...
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Starling Clayton
Starling Clayton, whose first name also appears as Sterling, was executed with Martin Carter in Barnwell Distr...
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Leonard J. Cohen
Released
Leonard J. Cohen was a staff member of the UFO Coffeehouse, an antiwar gathering place used by soldiers statio...
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Norris Dendy
Norris Dendy, a Black trucking operator, was arrested July 4, 1933 at Goldville on a reckless-driving accusati...
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Jack Doran (Seneca NTWU organizer, 1930)
Jack Doran is the printed name of a National Textile Workers Union organizer reported kidnapped with Anna Burl...
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Jason Edgerton
Front Line identifies Jason Edgerton among Charleston dockworkers jailed overnight after the January 2000 unio...
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Thomas Evans
Thomas Evans was one of two white men hanged together in Edgefield District, South Carolina, on February 9, 18...
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Elijah Ford Jr.
Front Line identifies Elijah Ford Jr. among Charleston dockworkers jailed overnight after the January 2000 uni...
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Moses Gossett
Moses Gossett was convicted in Union District, South Carolina, under the 1754 statute against stealing an ensl...
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Gene Ham
Gene Ham was a National Committee to Combat Fascism organizer and Black poll watcher in Florence County, South...
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George Washington Henson
Released
George Washington Henson was a 65-year-old union textile worker at Pelzer, South Carolina. During the 1935 tex...
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Kenneth Jefferson
Front Line identifies Kenneth Jefferson among Charleston dockworkers jailed overnight after the January 2000 u...
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Bertha Lowman
Bertha Lowman was among five Lowman family members arrested following the April 25, 1925 Aiken County raid in...
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Birdie Lowman
Birdie Lowman was among five Lowman family members arrested following the April 25, 1925 Aiken County raid in...
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Clarence Lowman
Clarence Lowman was among five Lowman family members arrested following the April 25, 1925 Aiken County raid i...
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Demon Lowman
Demon Lowman was among five Lowman family members arrested following the April 25, 1925 Aiken County raid in w...
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Rosa Lowman
Rosa Lowman was among five Lowman family members arrested following the April 25, 1925 Aiken County raid in wh...
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Robert Mure
Released
Robert Mure of Charleston, South Carolina was a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Scotland. He was arrested in...
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John Penley
John Penley was individually identified as arrested by federal agents at Miami International Airport February...
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John Pollard
Released
John Pollard was the South Carolina state president of the United Textile Workers. A May 20, 1936 Spartanburg...
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William Powell
William Powell was hanged in Darlington District, South Carolina, on January 1, 1847. The Espy chronology clas...
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Peter Poyas
Peter Poyas was a mechanic and a leader associated with the alleged planned 1822 Charleston slave insurrection...
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James Read
James Read was one of two white men hanged together in Edgefield District, South Carolina, on February 9, 1838...
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Leonard Riley
Front Line identifies Leonard Riley among Charleston dockworkers jailed overnight after the January 2000 union...
Institutions in South Carolina
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in South Carolina that appear in the census’s case files.
Aiken County JailAiken, South Carolina
5 cases
FCI EdgefieldEdgefield, South Carolina
3 cases
South Carolina Department of CorrectionsColumbia, South Carolina
2 cases
U.S. District Court, District of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina
2 cases
Turbeville Correctional InstitutionTurbeville, South Carolina
1 case
Federal Correctional Institution, WilliamsburgSalters, South Carolina
1 case
Naval Consolidated Brig, CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina
1 case
York County Prison FarmYork, South Carolina
1 case