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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.
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John Bergen
Released
John Bergen was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martiale...
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Henry D. Boese
Released
Henry D. Boese was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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Herbert Brausch
Released
Herbert 'Herb' Brausch was an Oklahoma City labor organizer who founded Local 602 of the Hod Carriers' Union....
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Lillian Brewster
Lillian Brewster was an Oklahoma City maid and repeated target of the vagrancy campaign described by Jack Span...
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Arthur Burg
Arthur Burg was individually listed among the political and class-war prisoners in the Daily Worker of Decembe...
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Fred F. Butz
Released
Fred F. Butz was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martial...
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Harry L. Charles
Released
Harry L. Charles was a Quaker from Woodward County, Oklahoma — a member of the Religious Society of Friends si...
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David Childress
David Childress was listed by Breakthrough in its Summer 1992 prisoner directory as a Gulf War military resist...
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F. Clark
Released
F. Clark was a Universal Union member from western Oklahoma. F. Clark received a prison sentence of eight year...
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Charles T. Clay
Released
Charles T. Clay was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
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Wilma Conners
Released
Wilma Conners was an Oklahoma City unemployed worker and mother of two children. She was prosecuted after a Ma...
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F. M. Darby
Released
F. M. Darby was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions...
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T. Daughty
T. Daughty was arrested at the September 1, 1930 Communist-led Oklahoma City demonstration for unemployment in...
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Reuben J. Eash
Released
Reuben J. Eash was from Thomas, Oklahoma. Reuben J. Eash was a Mennonite and objected to military service on r...
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George Ebert
George Ebert was identified as section organizer of the Communist Party in Ray Pierce’s account of Oklahoma Ci...
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Melvin Emlery
Released
Melvin Emlery was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
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Orville Enfield
Released
Orville Enfield was a Socialist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Orville Enfield was arrested on June 6, 1918. He...
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Bernhard E. Fast
Released
Bernhard E. Fast was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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Henry C. Fast
Released
Henry C. Fast was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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Jordan Magde Ferrand-Sapsis
Released
Jordan Magde Ferrand-Sapsis, then 24 and living in Oklahoma City, was arrested after the May 1, 2010 anti-capi...
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Henry H. Franz
Released
Henry H. Franz was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector who died at age 22 while imprisoned at the Fort...
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Herman I. Frey
Released
Herman I. Frey was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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Henry G. Fritzler
Released
Henry G. Fritzler was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
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Ross H. Gillman
Released
Ross H. Gillman was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I....
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