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Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma.
162Documented
3In custody
131Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Oklahoma
Where Oklahoma’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 91
1930s 28
1940s 8
1970s 7
1960s 7
2000s 6
Recent dashboard entries from Oklahoma
The newest published events and reporting located in Oklahoma, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
Four Tulsa Food Not Bombs volunteers arrested for obstruction at a weekly free-meal handout after the city demanded a costly events permit
Prosecution
Skiatook, Oklahoma man Logan Murfin was convicted by a federal jury on ten counts of threatening to assault and murder federal agents in posts on X targeting ICE officers
Protest
Stand Up for Science rally hits the Oklahoma Capitol against research cuts
Arrest
Arrest made at heated Claremore data center meeting
Arrest
Community activist arrested at Claremore data center meeting
Arrest
Oklahoma man arrested at AI data center meeting
Arrest
Oklahoma farmer jailed for trespassing at AI data center town hall
Arrest
Tension over a proposed AI data center leads to an arrest in Oklahoma
Documented cases
162 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Billie Rogers
Released
Billie Rogers was from Oklahoma. Billie Rogers was sentenced to ten years in prison and served in Leavenworth...
Alan Shaw
Released
Alan Shaw was the 22-year-old Oklahoma City secretary of the Communist Party, arrested in August 1940 and held...
John Shirey
Released
John Shirey was a Working Class Union member from Oklahoma. John Shirey was sentenced to six years in prison....
Tobe Simons
Released
Tobe Simons was an Oklahoma Working Class Union prisoner held at Leavenworth. Senate Document 159 (1922) expli...
J. R. Sparkman
Released
J. R. Sparkman was a Working Class Union member from Oklahoma. J. R. Sparkman was sentenced to six years in pr...
H. C. Spence
Released
H. C. Spence was from Wewoka, Oklahoma. H. C. Spence was sentenced to ten years in prison and served in Leaven...
Homer C. Spence
Released
Homer C. Spence was a tenant farmer and an organizer for the Working Class Union (WCU), an interracial (white,...
Wes Studi
Released
Wes Studi is a Cherokee actor and producer — later the first Native American to win an Academy Award for actin...
Richard Ray Whitman
Released
Richard Ray Whitman is a Yuchi/Muscogee (Creek) multidisciplinary artist, photographer, poet, and actor from O...
Earl Whitten
Released
Earl Whitten was a Working Class Union member from Oklahoma. Earl Whitten was sentenced to six years in prison...
J. E. Wiggins
Released
J. E. Wiggins was from Oklahoma. J. E. Wiggins was sentenced to four years in prison and served in Leavenworth...
Ina Wood
Released
Ina Wood, a Communist organizer and the wife of Oklahoma CP secretary Robert Wood, was arrested and arraigned...
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Taylor Ryan Prigmore
In Custody
Taylor Ryan Prigmore was arrested on January 19, 2026 after prosecutors alleged that he posted threats to kill...
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Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi
In Custody
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi was arrested on October 7, 2024 after an undercover operation in which prosecutors said he...
A
Abdullah Haji Zada
In Custody
Abdullah Haji Zada was arrested on October 7, 2024 with Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi in an undercover operation concern...
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George Aldridge
IWW organizer George Aldridge was arrested with Jack Terrell in the June1919 Enid roundup and avoided a syndic...
A
Anthony Michael Anderson
Released
Anthony Michael Anderson was a U.S. Army soldier who pled guilty to desertion and disobeying an order in Novem...
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Henry Argo
Henry Argo was a Black man lynched while held in the jail at Chickasha, Oklahoma in1930. The Daily Worker of J...
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Gerhard M. Baergen
Released
Gerhard M. Baergen was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-m...
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A. D. Baugh
Released
A. D. Baugh was an active Oklahoma City bakery unionist jailed during a boycott of non-union bread. Mary Heato...
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Henry J. Becker
Released
Henry J. Becker was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Harry Bender
Harry Bender was one of fourteen defendants prosecuted for protests to Judge Edward Vaught over the May 1934 O...
A
Arthur Berg
Released
Arthur Berg was a delegate for the Oil Workers Industrial Union of the IWW. Arthur Berg received a ten-year se...
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David W. Berg
Released
David W. Berg was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Cou...
Institutions in Oklahoma
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Oklahoma that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort Sill brigFort Sill, Oklahoma
5 cases
Oklahoma State PenitentiaryMcAlester, Oklahoma
4 cases
Oklahoma County JailOklahoma City, Oklahoma
3 cases
Mabel Bassett Correctional InstitutionMcLoud, Oklahoma
1 case
Fort Pickens / Mount Vernon Barracks / Fort Sill
1 case
McLeod Honor FarmFarris, Oklahoma
1 case