Political socialization is identified as a key mechanism for the transmission of political attitudes and behaviors. Work in developed democracies highlights the role of socialization in the stability of partisanship within families. And work in autocracies highlights the role of political socialization in the continuity of political values, such as authoritarianism. In this paper, we examine how individual-level experiences with autocratic state repression shape political behavior and partisanship after a democratic transition. On the one hand, research in the United States indicates that interactions with the criminal justice system can have a negative effect on future political participation. In repressive contexts, on the other hand, the regime may seek to arrest individuals precisely because of their increased engagement in or capacity for political activism. Moreover, experience with repression may mobilize individuals especially once the authoritarian threat is absent. Examining the case of Tunisia, we find that Tunisian citizens who were arrested under Ben Ali’s regime are less likely to turnout to vote in democratic elections; however, those who know family and community members who were arrested are more likely to vote. The mobilizational effects of autocratic repression after democratization are more pronounced in the case of partisanship. Those who were arrested under Ben Ali or who knew people arrested are more likely to vote for the anti-old regime parties. This work is part of a broader project on how the different socialization processes in autocracies affect political attitudes and behaviors after democratization.