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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
Recent dashboard entries from Oregon
The newest published events and reporting located in Oregon, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
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Federal agents use tear gas during Salem anti-ICE confrontation
Prosecution
Woman pleads guilty to interference after allegedly painting Portland ICE driveway
Prosecution
Many Arrested by Portland Police During ICE Protests Saw Cases Fizzle in Court
Prosecution
Of 30 resolved Portland ICE-protest prosecutions, 28 ended in probation, supervised release, or dismissal — after felony threats of up to 20 years
Prosecution
Anti-ICE protester in Portland sentenced to 30 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer
Other
Malik Muhammad, Oregon's longest-sentenced 2020 protester, was transferred 3,000 miles to a South Carolina prison
Prosecution
37 federal cases, 1 prison sentence: The quiet resolution of Portland's ICE protests
Prosecution
Portland ICE protester Angella Davis acquitted by a jury on all charges
Documented cases
228 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Tomas Plancarte-Benson
Released
Tomas Plancarte-Benson was arrested after federal officers alleged that he shoved an officer while protesters...
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Rachel Jean Pope
Released
Rachel Jean Pope was arrested during a June 24, 2025 protest against immigration enforcement outside the ICE o...
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Kyle Pugh
Released
Kyle Pugh was a miner from Josephine County, Oregon who sold labor newspapers and pamphlets while traveling in...
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Jack Randolph
Jack Randolph was an Industrial Workers of the World organizer jailed in Portland, Oregon. Arthur Shields’s Se...
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Russell Redner
Released
Russell Redner was an American Indian Movement defendant in United States v. Loud Hawk, one of the longest-run...
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Julius Rhuberg
Released
Julius Rhuberg was from Sherman County, Oregon. Julius Rhuberg was sentenced to fifteen months in prison. He s...
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Romanov (Portland seaman, 1934)
The July 16, 1934 Western Worker’s Portland July 2 dispatch reports an ILD anniversary meeting elected a commi...
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Jeremy David Rosenbloom
Released
Jeremy David Rosenbloom, age 25, was convicted of arson at an Eagle Creek Logging Company in Oregon, where ELF...
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Morgan Lili Rykken
Morgan Lili Rykken was arrested during an anti-ICE protest in Portland, Oregon, on June 12, 2025. Portland pol...
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Tewahnee Sahme
Released
Tewahnee Sahme was one of the Children of the River, three prisoners who took over a housing unit at Two River...
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David Scalera
Released
David Scalera was one of the Children of the River, three prisoners who took over a housing unit at Two Rivers...
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Howard Scroggins
Howard Scroggins was a Sailors’ Union of the Pacific member arrested in the Linnton Standard Oil bombing prose...
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George Sexton
Released
George Sexton is a conservation organizer and longtime conservation director of the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands...
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Lucy Shepherd
Released
Lucy Shepherd was arrested outside Portland’s ICE facility in November 2025 after brushing away the arm of a f...
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Jacob David Bardwell Sherman
Released
Jacob David Bardwell Sherman, age 20, was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson at the Ross Island Sand & Gr...
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Herbert Simpson
Released
Herbert Simpson was a Portland, Oregon defendant prosecuted for refusing to answer the House Un-American Activ...
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Luka Skako
Luka Skako was a Communist worker in Portland, Oregon. The February 16, 1931 Daily Worker reports that, while...
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Earl Steward
Released
Earl C. Steward, also recorded as Earl Stewart, was an Oregon Communist and candidate for secretary of state....
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David Stone
David Stone served six days in jail after an April 2003 antiwar protest in Ashland, Oregon.
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Claus Strav
The Portland report said police raided the Workers Center at 312 Worcester Building on September 9, 1930 and a...
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Carl Struve
Carl Struve was named as one of the last two deportees in the Portland Communist-repression cases of 1930–31....
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Henry Struve
Henry Struve is individually listed in the January 1931 Labor Defender political-prisoner directory under Mult...
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John Torkko
The Portland report said police raided the Workers Center at 312 Worcester Building on September 9, 1930 and a...
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George Tuukkanen
George Tuukkanen is identified as a Finnish worker held for deportation during the Portland raids in the Janua...
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