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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 Texas.
259Documented
28In custody
161Released
4Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Texas
Where Texas’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 49
2020s 36
1970s 36
1980s 28
1960s 25
2000s 20
Recent dashboard entries from Texas
The newest published events and reporting located in Texas, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
FBI Searches 40 Texas Homes in Probe Into North Korea’s Secret IT Network
Other
San Ygnacio residents temporarily halt disputed border-wall construction
Protest
Protesters rally outside the Pearsall ICE facility demanding release of Wilber Garces Perez
Arrest
Austin City Council candidate Misael Ramos arrested on a riot charge tied to an anti-ICE protest
Protest
Dozens rally at San Antonio City Hall against ICE operations and the shooting of Wilber Garces Perez
Arrest
Police deploy pepper balls and arrest protesters at a North Austin demonstration after an ICE shooting
Prosecution
EJ Carrion’s case delayed until November after court hearing is dismissed
Arrest
Luke Cordray arrested after two Flock cameras were disabled and marked with anti-Flock signs
Documented cases
259 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Shukri Abu-Baker
In Custody
Shukri Abu-Baker was the president of the Holy Land Foundation, the largest Islamic charity in the United Stat...
Cameron Arnold
In Custody
Cameron Arnold, who goes by Autumn Hill, is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 20...
Savanna Batten
In Custody
Savanna Batten is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Nathan Baumann
In Custody
Nathan Baumann is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prair...
Jeremy Busby
In Custody
Jeremy Busby is a Texas prison journalist, activist and former staff writer for The Echo. Columbia Journalism...
Ghassan Elashi
In Custody
Ghassan Eashi was a Palestinian born American businessman who founded the holy land foundation which was the l...
Zachary Evetts
In Custody
Zachary Evetts is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Joy Gibson
In Custody
Joy Gibson, also known as Rowan, is a trans nonbinary activist from Texas and the partner of fellow Prairielan...
Kwaneta Harris
In Custody
Kwaneta Harris is an incarcerated Texas journalist, abolitionist feminist, former nurse and senior writer and...
Alvaro Hernández
In Custody
Alvaro Luna Hernandez was a political organizer with Cesar Chavez and the Chicano Movement who in 1975, was ch...
Susan Kent
In Custody
Susan Kent is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairiela...
Rebecca Morgan
In Custody
Rebecca Morgan, approximately 24 years old at the time of her arrest, is a Dallas, Texas resident with a degre...
Meagan Morris
In Custody
Meagan Morris (birth name Bradford Morris) is a transgender woman and activist from Texas who served as a van...
Monsour Owolabi
In Custody
Monsour Owolabi is a New Afrikan poet, writer and prisoner-organizer serving life without parole in Texas sinc...
Maricela Rueda
In Custody
Maricela Rueda is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Daniel Sanchez Estrada
In Custody
Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, known as Des, is the husband of co-defendant Maricela Rueda. He was not presen...
Lynette Sharp
In Custody
Lynette Sharp is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairi...
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
In Custody
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was a Pakistani neuroscientist and MIT graduate Aafia Siddiqui is a US-educated Pakistani n...
Seth Sikes
In Custody
Seth Sikes is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairiela...
Benjamin Hanil Song
In Custody
Benjamin Song, also known as Champagne, was the only defendant convicted of attempted murder in the Prairielan...
Elizabeth Soto
In Custody
Elizabeth Soto is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Dete...
Ines Soto
In Custody
Ines Soto is one of nine defendants convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 in the Prairieland Detention...
John Thomas
In Custody
John Thomas is one of the defendants charged in connection with the July 4, 2025 demonstration at the Prairiel...
Yaakub Ira Vijandre
In Custody
Yaakub Ira Vijandre is a 38-year-old Filipino-American photojournalist, videographer, and longtime pro-Palesti...
Institutions in Texas
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Texas that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort Sam Houston Disciplinary BarracksSan Antonio, Texas
14 cases
Tarrant County JailFort Worth, Texas
9 cases
Federal Correctional Institution, TexarkanaTexarkana, Texas
5 cases
Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville
5 cases
Texas State Penitentiary, HuntsvilleHuntsville, Texas
5 cases
Fort Sam HoustonSan Antonio, Texas
3 cases
Prairieland ICE Detention CenterAlvarado, Texas
2 cases
Harris County District CourtHouston, Texas
2 cases