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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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H. Elmer Pinard
Released
H. Elmer Pinard was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I....
J
John R. Pinard
Released
John R. Pinard was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. C...
W
William F. Pinard
Released
William F. Pinard was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I...
A
Albert Pitt
Albert Pitt was a worker jailed for labor activism in Oklahoma. A report of the February 9, 1931 Walden Townsh...
P
Peter J. Quiring
Released
Peter J. Quiring was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
B
Benjamin F. Randolph
Released
Benjamin F. Randolph was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
H
Henry H. Ratzlaff
Released
Henry H. Ratzlaff was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I....
J
Jacob A. Ratzlaff
Released
Jacob A. Ratzlaff was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-ma...
H
Henry E. Reimer
Released
Henry E. Reimer was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. C...
H
Herman F. Reimer
Released
Herman F. Reimer was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I....
C
Charles S. Roberts
Released
Charles S. Roberts was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed f...
W
Warren Alex Robinson
Released
Warren Alex Robinson was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed...
M
Mark Rouch
Released
Mark A. Rouch, CPS worker 008737, recalled leaving the Waldport alternative-service camp with a group protesti...
A
Aaron W. Schmidt
Released
Aaron W. Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
A
Allen Schmidt
Released
Allen Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
D
Dave B. Schmidt
Released
Dave B. Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
F
Fred G. Schmidt
Released
Fred G. Schmidt was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mart...
J
Jacob W. Schroeder
Released
Jacob W. Schroeder was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-m...
A
Albert Schultz
Released
Albert Schultz was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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Robert Seymour
Released
Robert Seymour, also identified as R. A. Seymour, was prosecuted after the May 21, 1934 demonstration demandin...
D
David Sharp
Released
David Sharp appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...
R
Rita Silk Nauni
Released
Sioux and Ponca woman convicted in Oklahoma after a 1979 confrontation with Oklahoma City police in which an o...
H
Harry Snyder
Released
Harry Snyder was an unemployed worker prosecuted after the May 1934 relief demonstration at the Federal Emerge...
W
Winn Stafford
Released
Winn Stafford was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
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