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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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M. Staurt
Released
M. Staurt was a participant in the Oklahoma "Green Corn" Rebellion. M. Staurt received a prison sentence of si...
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Charles A. Stuart
Released
Charles A. Stuart was a Socialist and a Universal Union member from western Oklahoma. Charles A. Stuart served...
G
George Taylor
Released
George Taylor was a Black Oklahoma City relief protester jailed after the May 21, 1934 demonstration at Federa...
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Eugene Teagle
Eugene Teagle, also identified as Ahmed Asim Hashim, was a Black prisoner at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in Mc...
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Heinrich H. Unruh
Released
Heinrich H. Unruh was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-ma...
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Peter J. Unruh
Released
Peter J. Unruh was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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Simon P. Unruh
Released
Simon P. Unruh was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-marti...
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Patrick Vaught
Released
Patrick Vaught appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of dra...
C
Cornelius W. Vogt
Released
Cornelius W. Vogt was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I....
A
Albert Cornelius Voth
Released
Albert Cornelius Voth was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Cour...
A
Adolph Wagner
Released
Adolph Wagner was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martia...
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Homer Wear
IWW organizer Homer Wear was arrested in Miami,Oklahoma initially for vagrancy, then convicted of criminal syn...
J
J. L. Whitter
J. L. Whitter was arrested at the September 1, 1930 Communist-led Oklahoma City demonstration for unemployment...
H
Henry Wiebe
Released
Henry Wiebe was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court...
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Levi Kendrick Wilmeth
Released
Levi Kendrick Wilmeth was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martiale...
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George Wilson
Released
George Wilson was an unemployed worker prosecuted after the May 1934 relief demonstration at the Federal Emerg...
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Stafford Sylis (Rev.) Winn
Released
Stafford Sylis (Rev.) Winn was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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Dan Womack
Released
Dan Womack was among the Oklahoma City unemployed workers prosecuted under a federal statute after a 1934 demo...
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