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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 Washington.

404Documented
2In custody
321Released
2Awaiting trial

Eras of repression in Washington

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

1910s 155 1970s 38 2000s 28 1960s 28 2020s 25 1980s 25

Recent dashboard entries from Washington

The newest published events and reporting located in Washington, updated automatically from the live dashboard.

Other

Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home

Washington, D.C. · Associated Press
Other

White House excludes Politico from Air Force One press pool

Washington, D.C. · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Pro-Data Center Party Interrupted by Protesters in DC

PubKey, Washington, DC · Newsweek
Other

White House excludes CNN from Air Force One press pool for presidential trips

Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down

Kennedy Center, Washington, DC · PBS NewsHour
Other

CNN, MS NOW and Politico barred from White House access; outlets challenge the ban

White House, Washington, DC · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Protest

Protesters hit Hagerstown to protest major data center proposed for city

Washington County Commissioners, Hagerstown, MD · LocalNews1
Arrest

He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested.

U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court, Washington, DC · The Washington Post
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Documented cases

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

Bill Dunne
In Custody
Bill Dunne is an anarchist political prisoner who has been incarcerated since 1979, when he was sentenced to 9...
Baltazar Aburto Gutiérrez
Released
Baltazar Aburto Gutiérrez, known as Rosas, spoke to journalists about his partner's immigration arrest. ICE de...
Saja Tunkara
Released
Saja Tunkara was held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. After Seattle Weekly reporting on his medic...
Michael Abeles
Released
Michael Abeles, also known as Mike Abeles, was an antiwar activist and Seattle Seven defendant. The appellate...
Hank Adams
Released
Hank Adams was an Assiniboine-Sioux activist born on the Fort Peck Reservation who became one of the most effe...
Chuck Armsbury
Released
Chuck Armsbury chaired the Eugene, Oregon chapter of the Patriot Party, the white working-class wing of the Ra...
Welton Armstead
Released
Welton “Butch” Armstead was a seventeen-year-old member of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Sea...
Charles Auspos
Released
Charles Auspos was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Walter Baer
Released
Walter Baer was a Seattle engineer and Depression-era activist for the unemployed, ordered deported to Germany...
Johnny Baranski
Released
Johnny Baranski was a haiku poet and Catholic Worker activist. His resistance to war and nuclear weapons led t...
Eugene Barnett
Released
Eugene Barnett was one of the eight IWW defendants tried at Montesano (Grays Harbor County), WA from January 2...
John D. Bates
Released
John D. Bates was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
E. M. Beck
Released
E. M. Beck was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and cha...
Ray Becker
Released
Ray Becker was one of the eight IWW defendants tried at Montesano (Grays Harbor County), WA from January 26 to...
Jim Bell
Released
Jim Bell was an Anarchist who in 1995 wrote an essay titled, "Assassination Politics" which described a specul...
Otho Grayson Bell
In Exile
Otho Grayson Bell was a U.S. Army corporal from Olympia, Washington, and one of 21 American Korean War prisone...
Ramona Bennett
Released
Ramona Bennett is a Puyallup activist and former tribal council chair who was a principal leader of the Pacifi...
Charles Berg
Released
Charles Berg was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and c...
Janine Bertram
Released
Janine Bertram was a member of the George Jackson Brigade and was arrested with John Sherman and Therese Coupe...
Bill Bichsel
Released
Bill Bichsel was a Jesuit priest from Tacoma, WA ('Bix'); one of the Disarm Now Plowshares five who on Nov. 2,...
J. F. Billings
Released
J. F. Billings was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
Silas Trim Bissell
Released
White anti-imperialist organizer and Weather Underground fugitive who lived under an assumed identity for 17 y...
Charles Black
Released
Charles Black was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and...
J. J. Black
Released
J. J. Black was one of the 74 Industrial Workers of the World members held in the Snohomish County jail and ch...

Institutions in Washington

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

Snohomish County JailEverett, Washington
75 cases
McNeil Island Federal PenitentiarySteilacoom, Washington
67 cases
USP McNeil IslandSteilacoom, Washington
43 cases
Washington State PenitentiaryWalla Walla, Washington
13 cases
SeaTac Federal Detention CenterSeaTac, Washington
9 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla / U.S. District Court, W.D. WashingtonWalla Walla, Washington
8 cases
US Forest Service, Sullivan LakeMetaline Falls, Washington
7 cases
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla WallaWalla Walla, Washington
5 cases
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