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Oregon

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 Oregon.

228Documented
6In custody
166Released
2Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Oregon

Where Oregon’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

2020s 72 1930s 55 2000s 32 1910s 17 2010s 14 1960s 12

Documented cases

228 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

K
Katherine Vogel
Released
Katherine Vogel was arrested at the South Portland ICE building on September 30, 2025 after applying red paint...
J
James Walker (Portland Clarion Defender editor)
The Militant reports that Clarion Defender editor James Walker was beaten and arrested for disorderly conduct...
D
Donald M. Wollam
Released
Donald M. Wollam was a Portland, Oregon defendant prosecuted for refusing to answer the House Un-American Acti...
H
Homer Ware
Released
Homer Ware was a delegate for the Metal Mine Workers Industrial Union of the IWW. Homer Ware received a one- t...
J
John Weber
Released
John Weber was a Portland Communist Party activist prosecuted under Oregon's criminal-syndicalism law during t...
M
Maxie Weisbarth
The Honolulu column describes the union agent leaving Hawaii aboard the Maunakai to face the Portland tanker-s...
S
Samuel A. Westcott
Released
Samuel A. Westcott was arrested during an October 12, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE office after...
C
Clarence Williams (Portland photographer)
The Militant reports that Clarence Williams was arrested for interfering with an officer and resisting arrest...
D
Deni Jungic Wolf
Released
Deni Jungic Wolf was arrested on June 16, 2025 during a protest outside the South Portland ICE office after fe...
B
Benjamin Wood-Pavich
Released
Benjamin Wood-Pavich was federally charged with forcibly assaulting a federal officer during demonstrations ou...
B
Bill Woral
The Portland report said police raided the Workers Center at 312 Worcester Building on September 9, 1930 and a...
L
L. M. van Wingerden
L. M. van Wingerden, an IWW delegate identified as E1300, wrote from the county jail in Portland, Oregon, on J...

Institutions in Oregon

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Oregon that appear in the census’s case files.

Lane County JailEugene, Oregon
11 cases
Multnomah County JailPortland, Oregon
10 cases
Multnomah County Circuit Court
8 cases
Multnomah County District Court
5 cases
FPC SheridanSheridan, Oregon
4 cases
Oregon Department of CorrectionsSalem, Oregon
4 cases
Fort Klamath
4 cases
Multnomah County Detention CenterPortland, Oregon
4 cases