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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.

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John Paul Cupp
In Custody
John Paul Cupp was arrested in November 2025 after participating in protests outside the ICE office in South P...
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Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace was a World War I veteran and independent political candidate in Portland, Oregon. A November...
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Maher Mofeid Hawash
Maher Mofeid “Mike” Hawash was an Intel employee detained in Oregon as a federal grand-jury material witness i...
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Ralph Stevenson
Ralph Stevenson was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on June 18, 1969 during the wave of arrests in the Albina Bl...
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Thomas Tripp
Thomas Tripp was one of the Children of the River, three prisoners involved in the February 2001 takeover of a...
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Davis Stone
Released
Davis Stone was arrested in Ashland, Oregon, on April 12, 2003 after burning an American flag at an antiwar ra...
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Shant Singh Ahuja
Released
On July 4, 2020 Shant Singh Ahuja, 28, of Oceanside, CA was accused of willfully destroying a closed-circuit v...
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Greta Akin
Page 4’s Portland correspondence names Greta Akin among an Albina relief-station committee facing arrests whil...
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Robert Anderson (Portland Jansen mill defendant)
The Militant reports that Roscoe L. Anderson’s brother Robert had previously been arrested over the Jansen Kni...
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Jairin Anzaldua-Ervin
Released
Jairin Anzaldua-Ervin was taken into custody during an October 4, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE...
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Donald Austin
Released
Donald Austin was a striking seaman prosecuted under Oregon's criminal-syndicalism law during the crackdown su...
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Kenneth Austin
Released
Kenneth Austin was prosecuted under Oregon’s criminal-syndicalism law during the crackdown surrounding the 193...
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Rick Ball
Released
Rick Ball was an organizer for Service Employees International Union Local 49 in Portland, Oregon. During the...
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Jeffrey Battle
Jeffrey Battle was named among the Portland defendants in John S. Pistole’s April 14, 2004 FBI statement. The...
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Andrew James Beason
Released
Andrew James Beason was arrested during a June 18, 2025 protest against immigration enforcement outside the IC...
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J. M. Beck
Released
J. M. Beck was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions a...
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Mike Bencheff
Mike Bencheff is individually listed in the January 1931 Labor Defender political-prisoner directory under Mul...
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Samuel Tate Berry
Released
Samuel Tate Berry was arrested on June 18, 2025 during a protest outside the South Portland ICE office after f...
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Ahmed Bilal
Ahmed Bilal was named among the Portland defendants in John S. Pistole’s April 14, 2004 FBI statement. The gro...
A
Alexander Jay Boyce
Released
Alexander Jay Boyce was arrested during an October 5, 2025 protest outside the South Portland ICE office after...
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Arthur Brown (Portland raid, 1930)
The Portland report said police raided the Workers Center at 312 Worcester Building on September 9, 1930 and a...
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Ginovanni Brumbelow
Released
Ginovanni Joseph Brumbelow, 21, is an activist from Gresham, Oregon. On June 14, 2025 — No Kings Day, chosen t...
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Floyd Burgess
The July 23 Western Worker prints a July 14 Portland report identifying Floyd Burgess arrested on assault and...
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Mike Burke
Mike Burke spent three days in jail after surrendering in June 1984 over an unpaid fine for anti-nuclear tresp...

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