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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.

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George Bradley
Released
George Bradley was reportedly secretary of the Everett IWW local for only one day before local authorities or...
E
E.I. Brandt
Released
E.I. Brandt was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for re...
W
Willie Brazier Jr.
Released
Willie Brazier Jr. was an early member of the Seattle Black Panther Party and a University of Washington stude...
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Suzette Bridges
Released
Suzette Bridges, later Suzette Mills, was a Nisqually activist from the Frank’s Landing family at the center o...
V
Valerie Bridges
Released
Valerie Bridges was a young Nisqually activist from the Frank’s Landing family central to the treaty fishing-r...
C
Charles Bronsen
Charles Bronsen was a Bellingham, Washington worker arrested for distributing leaflets without a permit on Sep...
S
Samantha Frances Brooks
Released
Samantha Frances Brooks is a Bellingham, Washington activist who placed a shunting device on BNSF railroad tra...
E
Ed Burns
Released
Ed Burns was the assistant to W. E. Spear, the Seattle district secretary-treasurer of an IWW industrial union...
P
Pete Carbonay
Released
Pete Carbonay was a Portland member of the Filipino cannery workers’ union and helped defend fellow unionist C...
C
Constancio Cargado
Released
Constancio Cargado was a Portland member of the Filipino cannery workers’ union and helped defend fellow union...
R
Ray Carlson
Released
Ray Carlson, also reported as Ragnar Carlson, was a Swedish immigrant and International Labor Defense organize...
P
Philip Chinn
Released
Evergreen State College student and PMR organizer in Olympia. Arrested multiple times during the 2006-2008 PMR...
S
Samuel O. Chinn
Samuel O. Chinn was an Industrial Workers of the World member imprisoned during the Spokane free speech fight....
F
Frank W. Clark
Released
Frank W. Clark was a Tacoma house painter, former Silver Legion member, and leader of the National Liberty Par...
J
Jeanne Clark
Jeanne Clark was individually named among four defendants at an August 12, 1983 hearing concerning refusal of...
T
Thomas Connors
Released
Thomas Connors was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for...
T
Thomas Cox
Released
Thomas Cox appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft a...
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Sam T. Crane
Released
Sam T. Crane was arrested on November 5, 1909 in the Spokane IWW free-speech fight in Washington. He was relea...
G
Glenn Crespo
Released
Glenn Crespo was a Port Militarization Resistance organizer and plaintiff in Panagacos v. Towery, the federal...
E
Emerson Leroy Daggett
Released
Emerson Leroy Daggett was a staff member of the Seattle labor weekly Voice of Action. A King County grand jury...
J
John S. Daschbach
Released
John S. Daschbach was a Washington State civil-liberties and Communist Party organizer arrested in the Seattle...
W
Wilford Davis
Released
Wilford Davis was a Black prisoner in Washington State, convicted of murder and serving a life sentence. He ha...
D
Don C. DeVault
Released
Don C. DeVault was a biophysicist and World War II conscientious objector. He opposed compulsory Civilian Publ...
L
Lloyd Dennis
Released
Lloyd Dennis appears in the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’1969 current-prisoner lists of draft...

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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