Notable Groups of Political Prisoners
- In the Soviet Union, dubious psychiatric diagnoses were sometimes used to confine political prisoners.
- In Nazi Germany, "Night and Fog" prisoners were among the first victims of fascist repression.
- In North Korea, entire families are jailed in large political prison camps (called Kwan-li-so) if one family member is suspected of anti-government sentiments.
- In Northern Ireland, Irish nationalist prisoners in the Maze prison can be considered political prisoners resulting from their protests against what they considered British occupation
- British convicts sent to Australia in the 1700-1800's .
- Political prisoners sometimes write memoirs of their experiences and resulting insights. See list of memoirs of political prisoners. Some of these memoirs have become important political texts.
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